Do you know that a cat walk inline? Further more, this style of walking able a cats to walk quietly. This inline walk can be categorized as digitigrades animal. Animal that have four leg walk in this style. For example horses, dogs, wolf and many other similar mammal.
Why is called digitigrades? Digitigrades animal walk only on their toes. which means their body weight bearded by the toes.
what are the advantage of these awesome features to cats? The advantage are listed below:
- The hind leg are directly position behind their fore leg. The straight position of hind leg (paw) able to ensure the hind leg steps on the same path as the fore leg (paw) as cats walk through a ragged area. Their fore leg steps ensuring a safe steps because of the hind leg will follow the same steps.
- Reduce noise expecially when cats stalking for preys.
- Digitigrades design of the hind leg give cat the advantage in jumping a certain and able to absorb the momentum when fall off from a certain height too.
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