Are cats the only creatures that bury their business?

[Bretrick]

What about Lions, Leopards, Cheetahs, Pumas?
Why do you think this came about?

 

[Lee]

I don't know about the lions and leopards but I do know that when Riley buries his business it is like he is digging for gold. It is quite the process I tell you. I wonder if he brings a newspaper in there to read as he is in there so long. Just like a man.

 

[Pepper]

Since cats are brilliant, they are covering any evidence of their scent so enemies can't track them. My 2 cats would sometimes guard each other while one is in the box and the other was looking out for the predators that hide in my closets.

It's for protection, IMO

 

[Feelslikefar]

Some just take it with them...

 

[Balzac]

Our back lawn is clear proof that cats do NOT always bury their 'deposits'. Other people's cats, sheesh!

 

[Alligatorob]

Sometimes people do... I have.

 

[ronaldj]

we did in the army, if there was time.

 

[-Oy-]

Poiticians are experts at it

 

[George1959]

Our back lawn is clear proof that cats do NOT always bury their 'deposits'. Other people's cats, sheesh!

The same here.

 

[chic]

All of my cats have always buried their business. As mentioned, I always believed it was not to leave any trace of themselves to predators.

 

[hawkdon]

I once put down kitty litter on my driveway due to old oil
leaks from former tenants car...next day there were all these
lumps in the litter.....guess what...>!!!!

 

[win231]

That's where the saying comes from:
"I'm busier than a cat coverin' it."

 

[Remy]

I just did a quick Google search and found that larger cats like lions don't in order to mark their territory. My tabby covers good, my calico not so much. She paws around the perimeter of the box and even sometimes out of the box while the uncovered evidence just sits there. Sometimes my tabby will cover it for her. That's service. I keep their box scooped and if someone poops when I'm home, I'll scoop right away.

 

[Bella]

I don't know about the lions and leopards but I do know that when Riley buries his business it is like he is digging for gold. It is quite the process I tell you. I wonder if he brings a newspaper in there to read as he is in there so long. Just like a man.