What did people think about traits before Mendel? Before Mendel, people believed that the traits of offspring were simply blends of their parents e.g tall + short parent = medium offspring What did Mendel discover about traits of pea plants? Tall pea plant + short pea plant = all tall offspring pea plants. From this he figured out each parent must have a unit passed directly to the offspring that determine height. We call those units genes.
Indoor Cats. Indoor cats can live a long life, provided they're well taken care of and they're in good health. On average, indoor cats live 12 to 15 years. A cat may reach the age of 21, if he doesnât have any medical conditions and has a proper diet.
The oldest cat recorded by the Guinness Book of World Records was one called Creme Puff, who was 38 when he died, and there are stories of others living even longer lives than this. This is quite unusual though, as an average cat life span is around 15-20 years. The kitten stage of a cat's life lasts from birth until puberty, which occurs from between six to eight months old. He's then considered a young adult up to the age of six.