It's quite funny power generating animals?. Well I think why we will be skeptical about keeping cat in my part of the world is because 🐈 has been labelled with witchcraft. But am sure it's not so with European countries.
All the same, the energy release by rats I guess comes during catabolic reaction in the body , especially when the cats are well feed with feeds having high calorific value.
Though we use cat to reduce rat infested residences, and most of those that even keep cat don't know it importance regarding house warming. Thanks for this eye opening post @alexdory
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It was the same in Europe -> cats and witchcraft. But I don't think this is a thing anymore.
I have actually seen a documentary which was analyzing why witches were looking like that, and it had something to do with emancipated women brewing beer (thus had a knowledge of chemistry) and pointy hats were to signal that they were brewers. The cats were there to prevent rodents from attacking the wheat and barley.
Check this out:
I didn't read it all but it seems to be talking about the same thing.http://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/09/19/the-fascinating-link-between-beer-and-witches/