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On 1/18/2019 at 9:10 AM, Chew said:

I like the idea of dogs smacking cats.  Cats are evil and not to be trusted.  I thought this was already widely known. 

Cats evil, dogs heaven sent.  Duh. 

 

Are cats jerks? Or are YOU the jerk?

 

  • Researchers discovered that the more attention you give a cat, the more likely they are to return it.
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  • Cats are territorial; being in their home environment greatly affects their attitude.
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  • The common wisdom that cats are aloof is provably false.
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  • To claim that cats aren't social is simply a way to claim your ignorance about this particular animal.

 

Which is the topic of a new study, conducted by researchers at Oregon State University and published in the journal Behavioral Processes. In the first experiment, a total of 46 cats were studied, 23 at a shelter and the other half in their own homes. A stranger sat in the middle of the room, ignoring the cat for two minutes before spending the next two showering them with attention. The second study followed the same protocol, though with their guardians, not strangers.

 

Regardless of whether it was guardian or stranger, cats are more social when humans pay attention to them. As lead author of the study, Kristyn R. Vitale, says:

 

"In both groups, we found [cats] spent significantly more time with people who were paying attention to them than people who were ignoring them."

 

They're pretty human in that sense. The more you pay attention to someone, the more likely they are to interact with you. Of course, there are a few things to consider:

 

  • Like humans, some cats are more social than others.
  • Understanding how your cat likes to be engaged is essential. 
  • Cats are territorial. They generally prefer to be at home with strangers than with their owners in a foreign space.


Territory is generally secondary with dogs, who prefer to be around their owner most of all. In fact, treating cats like dogs is likely the main reason many people are ignorant about feline social behaviors. As Jackson Galaxy writes in Total Cat Mojo:

 

Part of the issue is that we, perhaps subconsciously, look at cats through dog-colored glasses; that is to say, we expect them to communicate with us in a way that we can instantly recognize. As you can guess by now, that expectation goes against the entire history of our relationship to cats.

 

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58 minutes ago, thegreaterbuzzette said:

And our secret is out.
Now do you understand why women love going to the salon?
We've been mixing alcohol and beauty since forever. 

You should see the bar in my hairdresser"s. (True disclosure, we worked at a bar together around the corner from her shop now 25 years ago).😄

I got highlights & a trim about 6 weeks ago. My husband did the backup *oh my God, your hair is awesome! * yesterday...

I think I need a trim & some hairspray ($25 Redken Framework...💥).

Another disclosure? A few years ago when we went to see Robert Plant, we each brought a friend. I brought her...she's the only person I can happily spend 3 hours with. 🤩

Edit, add...other than LSF. She's ****in awesome. 👍

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