What are the CATs?

Answer 1

Depends on the setting.

It can be a pet animal, it can also be an abbreviated name for several other things.

On a worksite, it can be short for "caterpillar", a brand name of earth-moving Equipment, bulldozers, treaded tractors.

In a garage, it might be short for "catalytic converter", a box on the exhaust of cars that cleans up the gasses from combustion a bit before being released into the atmosphere.

The Domestic Cat, or its scientific name, Felius Catus, is a small predatory carnivorous species of crepuscular mammal that is valued by people as gets rid of pests such as mice, rats, and other vermin. It has been associated with humans for at least 9,500 years, being first domesticated due to it's skill in killing pest animals.

Like all cats, the domestic cat is a very skilled and active hunter. It is known to hunt and eat a wide variety of species for food. The cat is perfectly adapted for hunting and catching prey; their short but powerful legs allow for great bursts of speed when chasing prey, and are quite skilled in climbing and jumping. Retractable claws also aid in such activities. Their long tails help balance and in a more domestic setting, allow a human owner to read the cat's mood.

Cats use a variety of vocalizations and types of body language for communication, such as meowing, purring, hissing, growling, squeaking, chirping, clicking, and grunting.

Individual cats have also learned to operate simple mechanisms, such as doorknobs. Some cats can be trained to obey simple commands.

Cats are one of the most popular pet, with over 600 million in homes all over the world. Selective breeding over history have resulted in approximately 80 or so different breeds of cat.

Until recently, the cat was most likely to have been domesticated from ancient Egypt, where is was a cult animal. But a 2007 study found that the lines on all house cats probably run through as few as five self-domesticating African Wildcats (Felius silvestris lybica) circa 8,000 BC, in the Near East.

A cat is any animal of the family Felidae, or, more generally, the domesticated subspecies of the animal, which has been kept as a house pet for centuries. Cats were probably first kept because they ate mice, and this is still their main 'job' in farms throughout the world. Later they were kept because they are friendly and good companions. Cats use many different sounds for communication, including meowing, purring, trilling, hissing, growling, squeaking, chirping, clicking and grunting.

Answer 2

The C.A.T.'s stand for Career Aptitude Test. They are test that let you know what type of fields of work you might be intereste in.