Some Cats "Play" with a Mouse Before Killing It

question 91

Multiple Choice

Some cats "play" with a mouse before killing it.How can this kind of behavior best be explained?​

• A)the cat's perverse pleasure in prolonging the mouse's pain
• B)​an instinctive need for additional pursuit behaviors prior to eating
• C)​a conflict between attack and escape behaviors
• D)regression to infantile patterns of activity in the hippocampus

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