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The way that a cat catches and kills its prey depends
on the size of the cat and the size of its prey.
Cats usually ambush their prey. If the prey is small, they may pounce on it with their paws before grasping it with their deadly canines. Larger prey are dragged down with muscular forelimbs. The cheetah swats its prey with a paw during the chase, knocking the prey off balance before grabbing its throat with powerful jaws.
All cats do not kill their prey in the same way. Small cats usually prey on even smaller animals, killing them with a bite to the back of the neck. Large cats often attack prey larger than themselves. They then suffocate them, either with a stranglehold on the neck or by covering the prey's snout with their jaws. |
