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B1 Intermediate English 4:58 Educational

Why do cats act so weird? - Tony Buffington

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B1

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Subtitles (88 segments)

00:06

Why do cats do that?

00:12

They're cute, they're lovable,

00:14

and judging by the 26 billions views of over 2 million YouTube videos

00:19

of them pouncing,

00:21

bouncing,

00:21

climbing,

00:22

cramming,

00:23

stalking,

00:24

clawing,

00:25

chattering,

00:26

and purring,

00:27

one thing is certain:

00:28

cats are very entertaining.

00:32

These somewhat strange feline behaviors,

00:34

both amusing and baffling,

00:36

leave many of us asking, "Why do cats do that?"

00:40

Throughout time, cats were simultaneously solitary predators of smaller animals

00:45

and prey for larger carnivores.

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