What affects us affects cats
In answer to the question, “do cats understand human emotions?” my current thinking is that they do understand them to a limited extent through the person’s facial expressions, their behavior and body language but they will not understand the definition of emotions i.e. they cannot label a form of human behavior arising from a specific emotion.
Observers of this video don’t have clue what is happening. It is tricky to be sure. My first reaction was that this is a barn cat who has been friendly with horses at a dressage center and has learned by observation to copy the dressage extended trot. Now that sounds farfetched. It might be …
Yes, cats learn from each other. Social learning is achieved by watching another cat complete the task. The other cat might be, and often is, the mother. Excellent observational skills are very important for the kitten when learning hunting from his/her mother. The feral mother cat (queen) firstly brings prey that she has killed …
The answer to the question in the title is that the scientist trained mother cats to eat bananas (for one minute put aside the morality and ethics of this experiment). He found that when the kittens were offered a choice between a meal of familiar meat pellets and a meal of the unfamiliar banana, …
There is no description available for this video. The cat, whose name is Margot (I believe), stands to attention when the Russian national anthem is played. Margot has either learned to do this through observing human behaviour such as the Russian military parades, perhaps on television, or she has been trained to do it …
Why does a loyal cat bring “gifts” to the grave of his deceased human companion? This the story of a handsome three year old rescue cat, Toldo – a tabby and white – who has got into the habit of bringing leaves, twigs, sticks and bit of rubbish to the the grave of Lozzelli …
Does your cat close or open a door? I am sure cats are better at opening rather than closing doors! They wanna get out…Here is a smart cat closing the bathroom door. Well the the last bit of the door closing process.. But his actions do seem to be very deliberate and purposeful: Do …
