This was a finding by a study in which cats were fitted with video cameras to see what animals they preyed upon. It is interesting to me that this cat travelled almost a mile from their current home to their previous home when their current owners where away for a weekend. The cat knew …
The mirror test is when you look in the mirror and recognise yourself. You are self-aware. Cats can’t do it. Some people are saying these videos prove that cats are self-aware. I don’t see it that way myself. As I understand it (and the videos are initially a bit baffling) these are videos made …
Do cats have more neurons than dogs? I’ll assume that the question refers to the number of neurons in the brain. Cats have about 250 million neurons in the cortex of their brain while dogs have about 530 million neurons (source: Neuroscientist Suzana Herculano-Houzel on pbs.org – the numbers cross check with other sources). …
I briefly discuss four medical reasons for a cat pacing. A fifth might be if the cat is tightly confined in captivity for a long time. In this case it would be distracting behaviour.
Research into humans on sensitivity to the planet’s magnetic field supports the theory that cats have this ability and use it as a compass to navigate. Research into human senses indicates to me that it is more likely that domestic cats can detect the Earth’s magnetic field. This is an interesting subject. Animals, or …
What types of things confuse cats? I am referring to domestic cats. I am sure that you can think of quite a few things that confuse your cat but the following things come to my mind fairly quickly. Domestic cats are confused by doors. If a house does not have a cat flap (cat …
The answer to the question is, No. I could leave it there but Google’s search engine won’t allow it. I think the question is anthropomorphising the domestic cat. It is humanising the domestic cat to put it another way. I don’t think domestic cats think like this at all. They don’t question those sorts …
The eternal question as to whether cats are self-aware is asked again in this compilation of short videos of cats looking at their reflections in mirrors. And they are not. If they were they’d understand mirrors and recognise themselves in the reflection. Well, that’s the theory. They see another cat and go around the …
