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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: visualops
"OMG yet another genius university study! /rolls eyes"

Don't be snide. That study probably cost the Brits $1,000,000.

41 posted on 07/13/2009 1:05:00 PM PDT by I am Richard Brandon
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To: Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
I hear you. . .we have three cats. . .actually, the wife-unit is owned by three cats, and every single one of them eats well. . . and we have a pantry filled with all sorts of food combinations. . .dozens, as they get “bored” with their food and demand variety!
42 posted on 07/13/2009 1:08:56 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: justiceseeker93
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43 posted on 07/13/2009 1:15:04 PM PDT by LucyT ("I used to look forward to Christmas but now I look forward to karma.")
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To: Hulka; lowbridge

Please notice photo in post #35.

I now know where my cats are when they pretend to be napping.


44 posted on 07/13/2009 1:15:38 PM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: COBOL2Java

this pic w/kitty & the news looks like my MiMi- i get gentle paws in the early am around 4:30 or 5:30 “feed me” - she won’t let me roll over either, just this gentle tapping with her paws on my face until i put the “treat” in her bowl,otherwise she has crunchies.... oh you silly puddy


45 posted on 07/13/2009 1:56:16 PM PDT by MissDairyGoodnessVT (Mac Conchradha - "Skeagh mac en chroe"- Skaghvicencrowe)
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To: lowbridge

That yellow cat accentuates the perspective.


46 posted on 07/13/2009 2:04:28 PM PDT by Lady Jag (If there were any honest politicians we'd all be rich)
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47 posted on 07/13/2009 2:17:15 PM PDT by LucyT ("I used to look forward to Christmas but now I look forward to karma.")
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To: Blood of Tyrants
What follows is my foot going towards a particularly annoying cat.

Just watch yourself in the dark, especially around stairs. They will get even when you least expect it...

48 posted on 07/13/2009 3:43:59 PM PDT by LRS (Just contracts; just laws; just a constitution...)
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To: piperpilot
I had a little black and white terror I called Scoots. Best mouser I ever saw, but she had her viewpoint of the world and how it worked. She wanted my attention one day while I was reading the paper, and took exception to me continuing to read it while I half heartily petted her with with one hand. WHAP! She let me know her displeasure by swatting me on the cheek, with one exposed claw. It drew a bit of blood, and she gave me the silent treatment the rest of the day...
49 posted on 07/13/2009 3:53:14 PM PDT by LRS (Just contracts; just laws; just a constitution...)
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To: iceskater; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Bahbah; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; ...
Paging Captain Obvious...


50 posted on 07/13/2009 7:44:17 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Crazy is the new sane.)
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To: dan_s; null and void; Beckwith; stockpirate; PhilDragoo; Candor7; MeekOneGOP; Myrddin; ...
My cat and I converse in his native language every day. I've gotten so good that I'm going to put on my voice mail, Press "1" for English, Press "2" for "Meowish"
51 posted on 07/13/2009 8:14:55 PM PDT by Polarik (Obama: When destroying America is not enough.)
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To: Polarik
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52 posted on 07/13/2009 8:17:38 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: MrsLilac

Kitty ping.


53 posted on 07/13/2009 8:38:38 PM PDT by AZ .44 MAG (A society that doesn't protect its children doesn't deserve to survive.)
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To: Polarik; LucyT; MamaDearest

I have a much loved, but very retarded Manx kitty (Dunbar). Several years ago, we were rushing around, getting ready to go on a camping trip. We left a fresh box of litter for Dunbar, extra food and water. (the great thing about cats is that they can be left alone for a few days, with food, water and litter) Upon our return four days later, I opened the refrigerator to put away some items left over from the camping trip. Out fell Dunbar. (He must have snuck in there in the confusion of getting ready for our trip.) He was very cold (obviously) and unresponsive. I wrapped him in towels and held him until he warmed up and started moving around. Took him straight to our vet. He suffered some oxygen deprivation which has affected his mental accuity. The poor thing cannot walk across the room without banging into a wall or a piece of furniture. He just bounces off any impediment to his progress, looks a bit stunned for a few seconds, and continues on. Even though he bounces of the walls, literally, he rules. He is now nearly 17 years old, and totally controls us.


54 posted on 07/13/2009 8:41:46 PM PDT by Rushmore Rocks
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To: DannyTN

Somebody buy Obama a cat. He’s out of control.
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He’d get rid of it. Narcissistic, egotistical people hate cats...hate things they can’t control


55 posted on 07/13/2009 8:51:15 PM PDT by patriot08
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To: LucyT

Now, that’s funny.


56 posted on 07/13/2009 8:52:59 PM PDT by Rushmore Rocks
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57 posted on 07/13/2009 8:58:38 PM PDT by patriot08
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To: dan_s
This why humans invented flyswatters...they really reinforce the meaning of “NO!”

Ours get fed on a schedule that we set...show up on time to eat, or wait for the next meal.

They can whine, meow, and pull at the bottom of the door...but we open it or not to suit our plans, not theirs.

They do not get on tables, counters, or kitchen chairs, though easy chairs, couches, footstools, and beds are made for cats to lounge on, IF a human doesn't wish to use the same...then laps or bellies are substituted.

Along the same lines, scratch posts, not furniture or humans, are for scratching.

The low windows with window ledges are okay to bask in, but not the higher, ordinary windowsills.

Crawling headfirst into a sweaty, smelly boot is always fine, especially if accompanied by an ecstatic squirming.

Wrapping their bodies around the bald spot is especially welcome on cold winter nights; nothing beats a purring nightcap to put one to sleep.

Twenty plus years of raising and showing dogs was great training for civilizing kitties.

58 posted on 07/13/2009 9:10:43 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (The mob got President Barabbas; America got shafted)
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To: Centurion2000
My cat's vocal cords were damaged from her time as a stray .... she's practically a dog.

We have one of those, too. Vet's vbest guess was she was grabbed by the throat, and thrown out of a car. Broke her little meow.

Starving, about the size of a 6 or week kitten, but had 4 month old teeth. That was going on 14 years ago.

She still "mmm-yeps" instead o "MEOWing".

59 posted on 07/13/2009 9:22:02 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (The mob got President Barabbas; America got shafted)
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60 posted on 07/13/2009 9:56:56 PM PDT by patriot08
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