Raising Cute 'Killer' Kittens | BBC Earth

These

kittens

are only a day old without a mother, they are useless, they cannot walk, their eyes are not even open, just like baby spiders, they are too small to be predators, however, their growth is rapid from ball of fluff to mini predator in just 3 weeks but this is where spiders and cats differ, although physically cats are now quite developed their predatory programming is incomplete now to start developing the Mind first their Instinct makes them curious Instinct makes them play play links the body with the mind They start to look like focused predators quickly alert, but at this stage the rules are simple, catch anything that moves, after all it could be anywhere and anything could be prey, but a cat can't live on feathers. and stones.

This simple instinct needs to be focused and his mother is now returning from the hunt. with dead prey this is the new approach of the

kittens

play the kittens get what you can catch a sample of the prey world outside she is programming the predator machine preparing it for a future hunt sight smell feel taste this is what should be eaten to the next stage live prey now the mind focuses on a specific prey a lesson on how to manage how fast it is how it moves how it is caught without this training the kittens will never be good hunters this time the V finally escapes to the field to train in the practice, they go out into the outside world with abilities that Basic Instinct cannot provide on its own.

They have the advantage of learning Instinct-driven predator hunts, honed through learning.