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Cats Do Control Humans, Study Finds
LiveScience ^ | 13 July 2009 | LiveScience

Posted on 07/13/2009 11:45:09 AM PDT by dan_s

If you've ever wondered who's in control, you or your cat, a new study points to the obvious. It's your cat.

Household cats exercise this control with a certain type of urgent-sounding, high-pitched meow, according to the findings.

(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cats; psychology
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To: dan_s
Dogs have owners,

Cats have staff!

21 posted on 07/13/2009 12:18:35 PM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies (Obama: "Enough about me, let's talk about you...what do you think of me?")
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To: Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)

Your cats eat better than I do. ;)


22 posted on 07/13/2009 12:20:26 PM PDT by machogirl (If Obama's handing out Pie, I like Lemon Meringue.)
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To: dan_s
I, for one, welcome our new cat overlords!


23 posted on 07/13/2009 12:20:52 PM PDT by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: dan_s

I exercise control by refusing to buy or own a feline.


24 posted on 07/13/2009 12:21:50 PM PDT by rjp2005 (Lord have mercy on us)
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To: machogirl

“Your cats eat better than I do. ;)”

Me too!!!


25 posted on 07/13/2009 12:22:12 PM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: Tabi Katz

Ping!!!


26 posted on 07/13/2009 12:22:54 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)

Of course not....but then, I’m in the same boat.


27 posted on 07/13/2009 12:25:04 PM PDT by iceskater (Michelle Obama to America - "Let them wear Keds!")
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To: ninergold3

Too funny. Yes, you are owned by your cats.


28 posted on 07/13/2009 12:25:45 PM PDT by iceskater (Michelle Obama to America - "Let them wear Keds!")
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To: iceskater
We, who are owned by cats, already knew this. :D

It's the only reason my cat purrs!

29 posted on 07/13/2009 12:25:51 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (Stop meddling in the affairs of countries and individuals Obama!)
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To: dan_s

30 posted on 07/13/2009 12:25:55 PM PDT by B-Chan
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To: iceskater

“Of course not....but then, I’m in the same boat.”

LOL!!!


31 posted on 07/13/2009 12:27:28 PM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: rjp2005

Don’t be so smug. It’s only a matter of time until you are conscripted. I was drafted totally without warning and am still serving my mistress 8 years later.


32 posted on 07/13/2009 12:28:18 PM PDT by rhetorica
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To: B-Chan

33 posted on 07/13/2009 12:28:37 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Big government more or less guarantees rule by creeps and misfits.)
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To: dan_s

Yes, but in Dogs vs Cats, the evil cat ended up having to wear silly outfits and be bathed forever.


34 posted on 07/13/2009 12:29:00 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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35 posted on 07/13/2009 12:30:01 PM PDT by lowbridge (It's not that liberals are ignorant, it's that they know so much that isn't so - Ronald Reagan)
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To: dan_s
They control my wife.

But, end up banned forever outside when they pee on my fresh clothes in my Laundry basket.

36 posted on 07/13/2009 12:36:03 PM PDT by right way right (Do not mistake Religion for God.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Somebody buy Obama a cat. He’s out of control.


37 posted on 07/13/2009 12:50:52 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: justiceseeker93; Jack Deth; nw_arizona_granny; Lady Jag; Fred Nerks; Iowan; azishot; ...

Awwww. There never was any doubt about who is in charge.

Only reason I’m allowed to live here is because I have opposable thumbs, and know how to use the can-opener.


38 posted on 07/13/2009 12:51:21 PM PDT by LucyT ("I used to look forward to Christmas but now I look forward to karma.")
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To: dan_s
If you've ever wondered who's in control, you or your cat, a new study points to the obvious. It's your cat.

My cat's vocal cords were damaged from her time as a stray .... she's practically a dog.

39 posted on 07/13/2009 12:54:31 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Only feces and dead fish go with the flow.)
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To: dan_s
Yup!


40 posted on 07/13/2009 1:00:52 PM PDT by Young Werther (Julius Caesar (Quae Cum Ita Sunt. Since these things are so.))
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