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Originally Posted by jezlee I've seen a cat literally "playing" with a young bird until the bird is so badly shocked or injured (or both) that it stops moving, and then the cat loses interest ....  |
Again, this is just nature. Cats are natural hunters and play is part of the learning process. Mothers teach the kittens to hunt by bringing live prey for them to practice with and domsetic cats are actually doing the same thing with their owners when they bring "presents" home - the cat doesn't see any hunting behaviour and tries to teach it to the owner.
Of course most domestic cats I see these days are too overfed to hunt anyway
