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No. 9 - Ankle Ambushes

The simple act of walking down a hallway can become a gauntlet run for some cat owners who owns cats. Frisky felines love to lie in wait for their "prey" to pass by so they can pounce on their ankles and take them down. But try not to take it personally — cats are merely acting on a natural instinct to hunt game (i.e., you). Ankle ambushes allow them to hone their predatory skills, which would be critical to survival in the wild, but they still want to sleep in your lap after the ambush.