Скачать или смотреть Phylogenetically Preserved Manual Feeding Behavior in the Kanaani Cat (Felis lybica Lineage)

Today you are watching a rare and fascinating behavior: a Kanaani cat eating by first taking food with the paw and only then bringing it to the mouth.

From a scientific perspective, this is known as phylogenetically preserved manual feeding behavior — an ancient reflex inherited from the wild African ancestor Felis lybica. In the Kanaani breed, this behavior has remained especially vivid.

The Kanaani is not an artificially created breed. It emerged naturally in Israel in the 1990s as a unique blend of natural wild instincts and domestic socialization. That is why we can still observe rare, almost vanished behavioral patterns that are no longer seen in typical domestic cats.

This behavior is completely safe, calm, and extremely valuable for science as a living bridge between wild ancestry and modern home life.

These observations are being documented as part of future studies in behavioral analysis and evolutionary behavior.