About Cats

 A selection of TED-ED videos about cats - and cuteness.😻

VIDEO 1

"In ancient times, wildcats were fierce carnivorous hunters. And unlike dogs, who have undergone centuries of selective breeding, modern cats are genetically very similar to ancient cats. How did these solitary, fierce predators become our sofa sidekicks? Eva-Maria Geigl traces the domestication of the modern house cat."

VIDEO 2

"They’re cute, they’re lovable, and judging by the 26 billion views on over 2 million YouTube videos of them, one thing is certain: cats are very entertaining. But their strange feline behaviors, both amusing and baffling, leave many of us asking: Why do cats do that? Tony Buffington explains the science behind some of your cat’s strangest behaviors."

 

VIDEO 3

"Why do cats have vertical pupils? Dive into the incredible diversity of animal pupils, and how the different shapes indicate the animal’s role in an ecosystem."

VIDEO 4

"Watching a kitten fumbling around, it might feel as if you’ve never encountered anything so devastatingly adorable in your mortal life." Learn more about the science of cuteness.