What will happen to our world if suddenly disappear all cats
Many of us can't imagine even a single day without his beloved cats. In spite of the night running around, indestructible wool clothing and even wet sneakers, we love them. And imagine what would happen if all the cats suddenly disappeared. You think the world will be not so fluffy and cute? Yes, but it faces and other consequences that can be called catastrophic.
The fight with the cats in Australia have already borne fruit and rat Horde literally ruining farmers. And this despite the fact that the cat population on the continent is far from complete extermination of these animals and there is about 20 million. Cats is an important part of the ecosystem of our planet and the departure of these predators will be nobody.
In most countries with developed agriculture it was a cat help "discipline" rodents — main pests of grain. In many parts of India, where agricultural technology is still at a primitive level cat — the only way to deal with mice and without them could begin large-scale famine.
In 1997, the UK has carried out studies that showed that on average, each house cat for the year, brings home 11 small animals. Including birds, reptiles, amphibians and, of course, rodents. Given that the population of British Shorthair is approximately 9 million individuals, in the year that the army of predators destroys up to 200 million different wild stuff.
Of course, a significant part of hunting trophies cats are mice and rats. A similar study conducted in 1979 zoologists in New Zealand, but they were counted only dead rats. It sounds scary, but if not for Pets and their feral cousins, the rat population on the Islands would have grown 4 times!
The increase in the number of rodents involves not only the destruction of victuals, and many other ills. In the already mentioned New Zealand found that the number of sea birds, including rare species, is reduced in proportion to the number of rats. This is because the birds ' eggs and nestlings include in the diet of grey robbers, especially where there are rats there are no other ways to feed themselves.
So with the disappearance of cats will be more rodents and birds will be in serious danger. Along with this increase populations of other predators feeding on rodents. But they are unlikely in the foreseeable future to completely replace the cats in the world quite a lot. While the natural balance returns to normal, we will lose many species of birds and animals, learn what hunger is and maybe again faced with a deadly epidemics.
Keywords: Animals | Ecology | Cats | Agriculture | Rodents | Mammals | Mice | Study