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Originally Posted by ApexOversteer
I've always heard that since you provide the bulk of the food, you're the alpha, and the animals brought to you are tribute.
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Here's the way I understand it:
Spayed female cats are the most likely to bring gory gifts to their owners. In the wild, cat mothers teach their young how to eat their food by bringing home dead or injured prey. Domestic cats are no different. But in this modern age of spayed domestic cats, many female felines have no young to whom they need to pass on their hunting wisdom.
By leaving a dead animal on the back porch, your cat is acting out its natural role as mother and teacher. You, her loving owner, represent her surrogate family. And frankly, she knows you would never have been able to catch that delicious mouse on your own.