My new kittens will take any piece of paper available to cover up their food. So I wondered, what are these kitties doing?
In the wild, even big cats will cover up their food. Sometimes they don’t even manage to cover it, but just mimic putting something over their food.
Hiding food helps prevent other animals from taking it away between meals.
Cats are also hyperaware of their scent and don’t want to let predators know where they have been.