Humans’ strange love affair with them.
Our current cat is the weirdest one we’ve ever had. She’s very social, and has never attacked us, other than nipping at my calves occasionally when she wants to be fed. In fact, that’s the only way she communicates orally; she never talks. I know her vocal cords work, because she will have discussion with other cats, but with us she’s silent, unless you squeeze her. It’s a problem in fact, because if she gets stuck in a closet, we’d never know, unless she bangs on the door. She also has a genetic defect that created a kink in her tail, making her look like a squirrel, so this may be another one.
Nothing strange about it. Cats purrrrrrrrrrr.
>Cats purrrrrrrrrrr.
Yeah. People get feelzgoodz from making cats purr, I don’t really know why. They’re also fairly independent, unlike dogs. You can leave a well-behaved cat alone for a couple of days with full food and water bowls. Not so much a dog. And you don’t have to walk cats. What makes it work is that cats do have empathy, much like dogs, though probably not quite to the same extent. Many days, I’ve been down, but the cat knows and lets me know she’s there for me.
OT: Will leadership changes at the EPA help with the Mann lawsuit discovery issues?
Seems doubtful to me. I don’t believe Dr. Mann received much funding from them (this list of Mann’s funding sources has absolutely nothing from the EPA. But even if we consider the organizations that do fund Mann, what additional information could they reveal? Are there going to be emails between Mann and administrators of the NSF or NOAA where they conspire to generate certain research results or somehow punish skeptics? And which a Trump administration would find and reveal?
Seems a very long shot to me.
Our cat is the same. No voice, just an opened mouth an a soft exhalation of breath when she speaks to us. However, she’s capable of an “Ow!” if we accidently step on her tail, and she yowls around the house in the wee hours of the morning with her little catnip mouse in her mouth. I think the mouse is a stand-in for one of the kittens she had with her when she was rescued from a shelter.
The writer of the article didn’t do her research very well. The claim that 50% of cat owners have been assaulted by their pets isn’t even sourced, and she is obviously unaware of studies on feral cat colonies. Cats in fact are quite capable of forming social groups on their own.
The writer seems more interested in exploring stereotypes “cats catch rats” than actual research. I was surprised she didn’t bring up “cats love milk.”