House cat is one of the world's greatest predators. These cats can kill or take a few thousand species. But because of its small size, cats are not dangerous to humans-the only danger that can arise is the possibility of rabies infectioncaused by a cat bite. Cats can be fatal to an ecosystem that is not the place to stay natural. In somecases, cats contributed to or caused extinctions. Cats catch and paralyze prey in a manner similar to the lions and tigers - prey by biting the neck of sharpcanines that injure the spinal cord or cause the prey out of breath by destroyingthe throat.