Cats

Did you know that...

Cats can spend much of their time on their own. Although cats can form close social bonds with people and other cats, they are a species that is also happy to be on their own: unlike more obligatorily social species, like the dog, they do not need to have social contact.

The reason for this is that they developed from a species that is largely solitary and highly territorial.

Social contact tends to occur between cats that regard each other as part of a 'social group' - other cats tend to be avoided or chased away as they are seen as a threat to a resident cat's territory.