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, …
I have written about this before but not seen such a good example on video of a kitten learning how to do things by direct observation of his mother. The first 30 seconds are the key bits of this video where you see the kitten copying his mother’s actions who is grooming herself. This …
People would like to know how cats open doors fitted with the lever-type handle. They search for an answer using Google. This page attempts to provide an answer. Cats learn to open doors with a lever handle under the process called “operant conditioning”. What is operant conditioning? Operant conditioning is also called “instrumental learning”. …
This a brand new theory in the cat world. PoC is unique for out-of-the-box thinking and innovation 😉 It is a bit tongue-in-check and a bit of fun with a tiny smidgen of seriousness underneath. We all know that Siamese cats have unique voices. It is quite raucous and loud. The classic meow has …
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 …
