Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
If cats think humans are cats does that mean they think all other species are cats as well? The world is just 100% cats to them? And if not then why are humans the special ones. I am sceptical of this theory about cat logic.
That's kittens though, they mew constantly. There's been observations of cat colonies and the only times they make the distinctive meow noise is when a human is involved.
My understanding is that while dogs recognize humans as a different species, cats just think that humans are a huge, weird-looking cat.
It’s why they bring you dead animals, or just randomly start licking you.
As far as they know you’re a cat who can’t hunt and dosn’t clean themselves. They effectively think they’re your caregiver.
I don't buy into this theory at all because they use different sounds to communicate with cats than they do to communicate with people.
They think of humans as particularly pathetic cats.
To be fair, by cat standards, I'm sure we are a pretty pathetic bunch.
I mean, most of us can't even lick ourselves clean. What's up with that?
When was the last time you gave it a really good try, though.
2 months ago when my water heater crapped out and I was willing to try just about anything while waiting for my replacement thermostats to show up.
I have not gotten any more flexible since then.
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
If cats think humans are cats does that mean they think all other species are cats as well? The world is just 100% cats to them? And if not then why are humans the special ones. I am sceptical of this theory about cat logic.
One thing that still amazes me about cats is how despite being pets for a long time they still aren't actually domesticated and likely never will be. They just know they've got a sweet gig going with humans so they're willing to be around us, but the average cat left to its own devices can survive just fine in the "wild" even if they were a pet.
My understanding is that while dogs recognize humans as a different species, cats just think that humans are a huge, weird-looking cat.
It’s why they bring you dead animals, or just randomly start licking you.
As far as they know you’re a cat who can’t hunt and dosn’t clean themselves. They effectively think they’re your caregiver.
I don't buy into this theory at all because they use different sounds to communicate with cats than they do to communicate with people.
They think of humans as particularly pathetic cats.
To be fair, by cat standards, I'm sure we are a pretty pathetic bunch.
I mean, most of us can't even lick ourselves clean. What's up with that?
When was the last time you gave it a really good try, though.
Isn't the basis of most human relationships that we lick each other clean because we can't lick ourselves? Stop trying to undermine traditional values.
I can identify from across the apartment what my cats are trying to tell me by the meow they use. The "water dish is empty" meow is distinct from "I'm hungry" is distinct from "My toy is stuck under the refrigerator" is distinct from "My toy went under the pantry door and I can't reach it" is distinct from "the door is closed and there's no reason for that" etc.
This is not unusual for cat owners. Apparently the communication protocol is personal to each cat/human household. My girlfriends cats "I'm hungry" meow sounds more like my cats "You're really starting to piss me off and I'm getting annoyed, nearly violently so, last warning asshole" meow.
I can identify from across the apartment what my cats are trying to tell me by the meow they use. The "water dish is empty" meow is distinct from "I'm hungry" is distinct from "My toy is stuck under the refrigerator" is distinct from "My toy went under the pantry door and I can't reach it" is distinct from "the door is closed and there's no reason for that" etc.
This is not unusual for cat owners. Apparently the communication protocol is personal to each cat/human household. My girlfriends cats "I'm hungry" meow sounds more like my cats "You're really starting to piss me off and I'm getting annoyed, nearly violently so, last warning asshole" meow.
Yeah, I recall reading about a study where cat owners listened to cat meows with their own in the mix and they had low accuracy interpreting other cats but very high accuracy for their own
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
edited September 2019
The cat in our house only has two kinds of meow and one means he wants cuddling and the other louder, more obnoxious and persistent one means Fuck You I'm A Cat I Can Meow All I Want, No I Don't Need Anything And I Won't Shut Up
One of my cats only meows when she wants attention. The other meows for food, to turn on the faucet, to be let outside, for attention, and Just Because.
one time when I was about 11 or 12 a neighbor asked me to watch their guinea pigs while they were out of town and one of them died overnight and I was so scared they'd be mad at me but when they got home they said that it was a pretty old guinea pig and it wasn't my fault
one time when I was about 11 or 12 a neighbor asked me to watch their guinea pigs while they were out of town and one of them died overnight and I was so scared they'd be mad at me but when they got home they said that it was a pretty old guinea pig and it wasn't my fault
When my dad was a kid his class at school had some russian hamsters and he took them home over the school holiday and put them in with his own, non-Russian hamster, not realising that other kinds of hamster are not social, and his hamster ate the school hamsters.
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a habit my little boy picked up was after I put food in his bowl, he'd sit and meow at it a little before he ate it
now that he's a big grown chunky boy, he will sit in front of his food bowl and meep a few times like he's saying grace before he eats
They think of humans as particularly pathetic cats.
riddle me that cat
i'm the best and the hunts always good you ungrateful punk ass
To be fair, by cat standards, I'm sure we are a pretty pathetic bunch.
I mean, most of us can't even lick ourselves clean. What's up with that?
We're useful idiots.
When was the last time you gave it a really good try, though.
That's kittens though, they mew constantly. There's been observations of cat colonies and the only times they make the distinctive meow noise is when a human is involved.
2 months ago when my water heater crapped out and I was willing to try just about anything while waiting for my replacement thermostats to show up.
I have not gotten any more flexible since then.
You mean meowtaphysics?
You hunt dogshit for breakfast?
https://www.inverse.com/article/59488-cats-care-about-humans-in-new-study
The most recent study done on this shows that cats bond to their humans as caregivers and parents
It wouldn't be that crazy for them to think "well I'm a cat so my mom must be a cat"
Right
As cats grow in the wild, they stop conversing at each other with meows and use mostly body language
But if they're pets, they continue that behavior
They don't show the same behaviors towards other adult cats and
Humans are very different and animal cognition is more developed than we generally acknowledge (they need it to survive in their environments)
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So, communication-deficient cats that can't hunt or clean themselves.
Putting that on the resume right now.
Isn't the basis of most human relationships that we lick each other clean because we can't lick ourselves? Stop trying to undermine traditional values.
This is not unusual for cat owners. Apparently the communication protocol is personal to each cat/human household. My girlfriends cats "I'm hungry" meow sounds more like my cats "You're really starting to piss me off and I'm getting annoyed, nearly violently so, last warning asshole" meow.
Cat deontology is even more of a mess
Yeah, I recall reading about a study where cat owners listened to cat meows with their own in the mix and they had low accuracy interpreting other cats but very high accuracy for their own
I WANT
WET
FOOD
IN MY BOWL
TAKE THE FOOD FROM THE CAN
AND PUT IT
IN THE BOWL
Generic Attention/food
An outside cat is at the window and this is infuriating. You have 10 seconds to defuse the situation before we redirect our aggression to each other.
I have caught my toy mouse and wish to show it to you.
My tummy hurts and you have 5 seconds to grab the paper towels before i begin horking.
Edit: also Help someone is taking me to the vet! Which sounds much like previous one.
Also one time the hamster escaped for a night and carried a sock under the bed and started to rip it apart at the toe
my cats were never interested in our guinea pig at all
thats
Unfortunate
They're really fun pets and make adorable noises
about the same intelligence level too: they recognize their owners and stuff
When my dad was a kid his class at school had some russian hamsters and he took them home over the school holiday and put them in with his own, non-Russian hamster, not realising that other kinds of hamster are not social, and his hamster ate the school hamsters.
But their heads are like the size of their bodies, so cute