ocr: PLAY - ITTENS AND CUBS spend much of their early life playing with K their mother, or siblings (brothers and sisters), or on their own. Play serves to develop the skills a cat will need to hunt and kill successfully, as well as those needed to find a mate. Adult cats may play as well, especially after making a kill, when they may throw the captured creature into the air and then catch it. This is probably because most adult cats are solitary, and SO have few opportunities to play in everyday life. For social cats, such as lions and cheetahs, play is a natural part of life. SEE ALSO
