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What Do Cats Think About Us? You May Be Surprised
National Geograhic ^ | 1/28/14 | Christine Dell'Amore

Posted on 04/20/2024 1:51:59 PM PDT by DallasBiff

Since cats first got their adorable claws into us about 9,500 years ago, humans have had a love affair with felines.

Today more than 80 million cats reside in U.S. homes, with an estimated three cats for every dog on the planet. (Watch a video about the secret lives of cats.) Yet there's still a lot we don't know about our feline friends—including what they think of their owners.

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


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cat; clickbait
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To: DallasBiff

Dogs have masters,
Cats have staff.


21 posted on 04/20/2024 2:27:52 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: DallasBiff

Dogs are needy, desperate to please, and will love you no matter what. They are obedient, easily trained, and recognize their owner as the alpha. Smack them and they will cower and grovel for forgiveness.

Cats only needs are that you feed them and clean their litter box. If your lap looks like the most comfortable place to lay, they’ll lay on you and allow you to pet them. They can’t be trained, only bribed. They are disobedient, think they are the alpha, and if you raise a hand to them they will draw blood.


22 posted on 04/20/2024 2:32:37 PM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: thesligoduffyflynns
My fellow cat lovers always remark that I treat my cats as if they are dogs and they respond well. Not only do they obey but they are loving and affectionate

I agree sort of. Cats need a little more finesse, but they can be EXTREMELY affectionate. Like dogs, food isn't teh only motivation, but the more they like food, the more agreeable they tend to be. (Jean-Marie would not only come from three yards away, but would loudly meow before running when I called out "Food for kitty!" to make sure I didn't go anywhere.)

I would say that your best bet is to be affectionate with them as young kittens. Next best is to get a cat that belonged to a cat lover. One difference between cats and dogs is cats get more attached to places, so they don't take to moves very well.
23 posted on 04/20/2024 2:33:36 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana
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To: DallasBiff
Cravendale – Cats With Thumbs

Both ads and the story behind that terrific ad campaign.

I for one welcome our feline overlords!

24 posted on 04/20/2024 2:36:04 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: Dr. Sivana

My favorite cat ever was a tuxedo. Died in 2020, and I still can’t look at her pics or I’ll cry. Fiona.


25 posted on 04/20/2024 2:38:31 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Navarro didn't kill himself.)
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To: DallasBiff

“Feed me, Slave!”


26 posted on 04/20/2024 2:39:27 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DallasBiff

We had a Calico. She was a sweetie. Sadly, feline leukemia took her.


27 posted on 04/20/2024 2:39:46 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: DallasBiff

The entire article was circular blather, with no information.


28 posted on 04/20/2024 2:40:54 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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To: Kenny500c
Cats do not think, they are concerned only about their next meal.

Aren't we all?

29 posted on 04/20/2024 2:45:01 PM PDT by rexthecat
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To: DallasBiff

“If I were ten times bigger, you’d be lunch.”


30 posted on 04/20/2024 2:46:21 PM PDT by alloysteel (Most people slog through life without ever knowing the wonders of true insanity.)
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To: DallasBiff

Cats look at people merely as prey too large to go after. If cats hunted as packs or were the size of german shepherds, they would have killed off the human species several millennia ago.


31 posted on 04/20/2024 2:49:18 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: Kenny500c

32 posted on 04/20/2024 2:49:43 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DallasBiff

33 posted on 04/20/2024 2:54:04 PM PDT by rexthecat
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To: Kenny500c
cats do not think, they are concerned only about their next meal.

It's amusing how panicked they get when their dry food bowl gets low. Not empty, just low.

As for a cat's feeling toward me, the first word that comes to mind is, "disdain."

34 posted on 04/20/2024 2:57:09 PM PDT by AUTiger83
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To: MayflowerMadam
My rescue cat was attacked by my dog, a miniature pinscher still a puppy himself obeying instinct. I got on him so bad he understood exactly what I was relating and forever loved and protected the cat after that. Cat (Roscoe by name) went on to be the revered rock star of all the other cats the crazy cat lady who married my room-mate allowed in.

Insanely affectionate, I usually woke up with Roscoe or Dobby the dog licking me. I am absolutely certain animals do have souls because their pure capacity to love often surpasses humans - some of whom needing put down themselves.

35 posted on 04/20/2024 3:05:23 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (We can never stop failing for the minute we do, we fail.)
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To: mewzilla

I had a cat with 1 full thumb, one not quite full thumb. He would pick up mini tennis balls just like a human.


36 posted on 04/20/2024 3:10:26 PM PDT by spaced
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To: Joe 6-pack

Lions are much larger than German shepherds, and hunt in prides. They have not succeded in killing off humans though.


37 posted on 04/20/2024 3:11:38 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai
Lions are much larger than German shepherds, and hunt in prides. They have not succeded in killing off humans though.

Heck, they haven't even made it to a Super Bowl yet.

38 posted on 04/20/2024 3:12:47 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DallasBiff

the world revolves around pussy...


39 posted on 04/20/2024 3:14:23 PM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: dfwgator

The German Shepherds? What city are they based in, what conference, and it’s so cool to have more expansion teams . . . 😎


40 posted on 04/20/2024 3:14:53 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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