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Why DO cats love boxes? Scientists say it could be predatory behaviour
UK Daily Mail ^
| February 4, 2015
| Ellie Zolfagharifard
Posted on 02/04/2015 6:35:29 AM PST by C19fan
Large boxes, shoe boxes, and even just items that look like boxes – cats, it seems, can't resist squeezing into cardboard spaces. Scientists say they haven't fully understood why our feline friends have an affinity for boxes, but they have a number of theories. The most popular is that cats are instinctively drawn to boxes because they offer security and shelter from predators while they stalk their prey.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: boxes; cats; ififitsisits; kittyping
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posted on
02/04/2015 6:35:30 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
I truly hope that none of our tax dollars are being pi$$ed away “studying” this “phenomenon”.
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posted on
02/04/2015 6:38:12 AM PST
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
To: C19fan
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posted on
02/04/2015 6:38:48 AM PST
by
Brother Cracker
(You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
To: C19fan
Cats realize that it is only in the confines of the box that they may find true freedom. That, or they’re goofy.
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posted on
02/04/2015 6:44:24 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: C19fan
"EEEEHAA"..... "oy I think I bent a clavicle"
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posted on
02/04/2015 6:46:51 AM PST
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: C19fan
To hide from that Schrodinger guy.
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posted on
02/04/2015 6:48:53 AM PST
by
uglybiker
(nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
To: C19fan; Slings and Arrows
To: C19fan
Our cat likes boxes, but he is just as likely to pee in one as play in it.
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posted on
02/04/2015 7:01:04 AM PST
by
NEMDF
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posted on
02/04/2015 7:10:31 AM PST
by
Ghost of SVR4
(So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
To: uglybiker
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posted on
02/04/2015 7:15:44 AM PST
by
expat2
To: C19fan
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posted on
02/04/2015 7:18:04 AM PST
by
workerbee
(The President of the United States is PUBLIC ENEMY #1)
To: C19fan
"The most popular is that cats are instinctively drawn to boxes because they offer security and shelter from predators while they stalk their prey."
That would have been my uneducated guess. I wonder how much money the scientists spent on this, and why they aren't spending their time on something more important.
To: uglybiker
To: C19fan; Tax-chick
thanks, for the ping/post...and Kitthens
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posted on
02/04/2015 7:48:31 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
("Bathhouse" E'Bola/0'Boehmer/0'McConnell; all STINK and their best friends are flies. d8^)
To: C19fan
somebody wants another federal research grant for not doing anything meaningful
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posted on
02/04/2015 7:50:44 AM PST
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: C19fan
To: C19fan
Why do bears like caves? Why did early humans like caves? Why do current humans like houses?
It's good to have a warm and defensible place to sleep in.
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posted on
02/04/2015 7:54:37 AM PST
by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
To: uglybiker
Nice work. It only took 6 replys before Schrodinger showed up.
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posted on
02/04/2015 7:54:56 AM PST
by
super7man
(Oh why did I post that, now I'll never be able to run for Congress.)
To: uglybiker
To hide from that Schrodinger guy.Winner, winner, chicken dinner!
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02/04/2015 7:56:40 AM PST
by
CAluvdubya
(<------- has now left CA for NV, where God and guns have not been outlawed! "The Miracle of America")
To: Brother Cracker
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posted on
02/04/2015 7:58:36 AM PST
by
reed13k
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothings)
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