Talk:Cat

Lead

The lead mentions the cat's role in extinction of bird species at least three times. Does anyone else think this is a bit heavy handed? The article on Homo sapiens only mentions extinction once in the entire article (and it is about other species of humans).

162.72.36.85 (talk) 04:22, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

second paragraph comparing cats to humans

the second paragraph compares cats to humans twice.

"Cats can hear sounds too faint or too high in frequency for human ears...." this should be changed to something along the lines of....'Cats can hear frequencies of up to 64kHz."

"Like most other mammals, cats have poorer color vision and a better sense of smell than humans." It is my suggestion to eliminate this sentence entirely or placed in a different section comparing cats to humans/other animals.

In the Play Section:

"This behavior may be a way for cats to practice the skills needed for real combat....." The word combat means 'armed forces' which I don't think is actually associated with cat behavior. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.196.165.193 (talk) 11:04, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

As part of the lead section, the second paragraph is supposed to introduce the topic and summarize the main points made in the body of the article, so it's better to evaluate the Senses section first and make any needed revisions there, then come back to the second paragraph. (See MOS:LEAD for more information.) That said, I think that making these comparisons in the lead section is valid; they are discussed in considerably more detail later, and they seem important to know: our readers thus far are all humans, as far as we know, and many of them live with cats.

"Combat" doesn't mean "armed forces", although its primary meaning suggests their involvment. What wording would you suggest instead? Rivertorch^FIRE_WATER 15:51, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Yeah. We do need reliably sourced data like "64 kHz" or whatever the real facts are. The comparisons to humans aren't invalid, they're just insufficient. They help provide context (especially to young or non-technical readers – who are probably more drawn to this article than grey-beard engineering professors are) for what something like "64 kHz" means experientially. But they're an afterthought, and they also shouldn't be in the lead oncee we have the Senses section in better shape, since the lead should summarize the real info not the derived, comparative ideas.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  01:03, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 December 2018

In subsection "Superstitions and cat burning", the author claims that in Turkish tradition cats are believed to have six lives on par with the Arabic tradition. The reference to this is reference number [288], an article from the Guardian. Even if such a belief may exist in Arabic tradition or in parts of Turkey where Arabs and Turks co-exist, a great deal of the Turkish population believes that cats have nine lives, similar to many other countries. I have not found a single webpage in Turkish showing that cats may have six lives, but there are a large number of webpages that show that they have nine: here I am providing only two references: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-van-cats-not-only-get-nine-lives-but-also-pools-131300 http://yumurtaliekmek.com/kediler-neden-9-canli/

Therefore, please reformulate "[...] in Turkish and Arabic traditions, the number of lives is six" as "[...] in Arabic tradition, the number of lives is six". 157.193.197.204 (talk) 13:14, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

•  Not done: text was not found. –User456541 15:32, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

Appearance

A domestic cat can come in a variety of colors and coat lengths. Cats have long tails, too. Some cats, though, have almost no tail at all, like the Manx Cat. They're varied in size, and weigh around five pounds.

 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Donaldamire (talk • contribs) 14:53, 21 December 2018 (UTC)