Although there isn’t a complete agreement on the percentage of left-handed (left-pawed) cats, one source states, ‘when it comes to using their paws to catch or manoeuvre something, cat are usually left-pawed or ambidextrous; only 20 per cent are right-pawed’ (The Cat Expert). Another source (Dr Deborah Wells and Sarah Millsopp of Queen’s University …
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“Lateralized behaviour” means left or right-handedness in scientific jargon. This is a brief follow up to an earlier post on the subject thanks to VG. VG is a scientist living in America and she is able to find and show me information I would not normally have easy access to. Thank you VG. In …
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This is a follow up to the left-handed cat page. VG checked out her famous Maine Coon, Tootsie, to see if she was left-handed or right-handed. Perhaps she is in the middle: ambidextrous. Well, here is a collage of a series of photos by VG of her beloved Tootsie for people to decide: I’ll …
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