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Domesticated cats are predators just like wild cats. They can stalk and hunt prey using tactics similar to those of leopards and tigers by pouncing; then deliver a lethal neck bite with their long canine teeth that severs the prey's spinal cord, or asphyxiate it by crushing the windpipe.
Cats have special teeth and they are meat eaters. The cat's tongue shows sharp spines, papillae, used for ripping flesh from their kill.
These papillae, small though, have backward-facing hooks that contain keratin and assist in their grooming. Cats eat almost no vegetables. They feed exclusively on meat, preferably their own freshly killed prey. All cats have a genetic anomaly that prevents them from tasting sweetness, so the “sweet tooth” does not exist for them.
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