On a certain website, the question "Why do cats run crazy?" has 400,000 views. On Reddit, a foreign forum, the topic group about why animals suddenly behave crazy has more than 1 million members.

It can be seen that netizens, both domestic and foreign, are full of curiosity about the puzzling behavior of cats.

For the cat's running behavior In fact, English-speaking countries have a proper noun: Frenetic random activity periods, or FRAPs for short. Refers to the crazy activities of animals in a short period of time.

Why do cats suddenly run around the house?

1. Energy needs to be released

In fact, the first time people noticed this "crazy running" phenomenon was not in cats, but in dogs.

Animal behaviorists believe that dogs behave this way because they need to release accumulated energy.

So cats’ “parkour” behavior has similar reasons:

Cats spend two-thirds of the day sleeping, and eat freely a dozen times a day. These actions are all about accumulating energy. Cats have accumulated a lot of energy and need a release process. At this time, their eyes usually light up and they run around the house until their energy is exhausted.

2. Hunting

Felines are excellent natural hunters. Their dynamic vision and sense of smell are very sensitive. They can hunt even small flying insects. Sensing it, and pursuing it out of natural instinct.

When we see a cat suddenly running wildly, it may actually be catching prey that we didn’t see.

3. When you are particularly emotional

When we encounter happy and exciting things that cannot be expressed in words, we will use various body language to express them. For example, athletes will run wildly in the sports field after getting good rankings. In fact, cats will do the same. .

When a cat sees its owner coming home, or having delicious food, or someone of the same species that it likes, it can’t help but run wildly to express its excitement and joy.

4. When exercising

The Catster website believes that among cats, whether they are lions, cheetahs, tigers, or cats, they are accustomed to bursting out with huge energy in a short period of time. Hunting. For example, when a cheetah hunts, it accelerates from 0 to 100km/h in 3 seconds.

"Sudden crazy activities in a short period of time" itself is in line with cats' exercise habits. When cats eat, drink, sleep and accumulate enough energy, they will naturally choose short-term bursts of anaerobic exercise. At the same time, you can also exercise your "tendon muscles".