anthropomorphising the cat / brain / Cat Anatomy / Cat Behavior / cat intelligence / Human to cat relationship / instinctive behavior
June 26, 2023
The full question from Reddit.com is: “Can someone explain to me why my cat will just sit and stare at me for minutes at a time? What does this mean in a cat’s world?”...
June 27, 2022
Hello Kitty is a female, anthropomorphised (humanised), Japanese Bobtail cat. She is all-white and her full name is Kitty White (‘Kiti Howaito’). In terms of the cat fancy, traditionally the Japanese bobtail is normally...
January 23, 2022
NEWS AND COMMENT-MIDLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, MICHIGAN USA: This is a bizarre story which is currently being widely reported. I’ve joined in because of the interest around identifying as a furry and the alleged response...
November 18, 2021
Words are superfluous I feel. This is another example of anthropomorphizing the domestic cat. There is quite a lot of it on the internet and some more examples at the base of the page....
November 18, 2021
These are just plain creepy. Creepypasta comes to mind. They were brilliantly set up and taken by a very clever photographer who I believe is the cat’s caregiver. They have a very mysterious mood....
November 2, 2021
In today’s column (which I am yet to read), Giles Coren has mentioned that Saturday’s The Times newspaper reported on a creeping humanisation of the domestic cat. This has been driven by 3.2 million...
April 23, 2021
I have consistently said that cat guardians should respect their cat companion as a feline but treat them as a member of the human family. I think that is the right combination but it...
April 11, 2021
The title might bemuse you because this sort of story is certainly bemusing. It’s a modern sort of story, something you would never have seen about 10 years ago or more. I’ve referred to...
January 31, 2021
This is a picture of a young woman who appears to be suffering from an acute case of feline anthropomorphism. Did I spell that correctly?! I am kidding or I hope I am. Dressing...
October 22, 2020
Maud Feijt posted to her Twitter feed pictures of a cat bedroom that she constructed with her partner because she says that “we made our cats a bedroom”. And her Twitter feed has accrued...
September 1, 2020
There are two main reasons why people put clothes on cats. The first reason is functional. You can buy “clothes” which calm your cat, for example. This is the Thundershirt. You can buy a...
July 5, 2020
If this cat was a human you would say that they had a “furrowed brow”. A face of worry and anxiety. Whereas a person would be genuinely worried and anxious, for this cat the...
January 15, 2020
I’ll tell you why cats can’t be gay. There is quite a lot of talk on homosexuality in cats: gay males and lesbian females. A lot of cat owners claim that their cat is...
January 11, 2019
This is the most mesmerising cat face that I have seen ever. It is amazing. You genuinely can see a person in there trying to get out. It is the most peculiar sensation looking...
December 4, 2018
This is anthropomorphising the domestic cat. It’s cute but….
