No matter how
deep the sleep, cats are never totally “out of it.” Every cat owner knows that even a cat who appears “dead to the world” is very easily awakened, as evidenced by the cat’s response to touch, a loud noise or even a smell (such as the odor that wafts from the opening of a can of sardines). No matter how
domesticated the cat may seem, he still retains this aspect of the wild animal, ever alert to the presence of a threat.
