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Why are civet cats unlucky?

Some people think that civet cats are evil cats and it will be unlucky to keep them at home. This statement is mostly because civets like to whine in the middle of the night. Hearing the piercing cry of cats in the middle of the night, coupled with the gray and black color of civets, makes many people feel very strange, so civets are evil and can attract ghosts.

In fact, the saying that civet cats attract ghosts is superstitious and unscientific, all because of some folk legends of ghosts and gods for thousands of years. Civet cats, one of our common small native cats, are a major force of stray cats in the wild at present. Once they are in heat, it will be called spring at night, which will make people feel strange at night.