A domestic cat’s mirror image moves but does not smell and makes no sound

Picture of fat cat looking in a mirror

The fact that domestic cats cannot smell their mirror image is the reason why, it is said, they eventually become disinterested. Further, when a domestic cat looks in a mirror at themselves the mirror image does not emit any sound either. These two important aspects of their mirror image eventually leads to them ignore …

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Why can dogs learn their names and cats cannot?

Cat training

The question is false because cats can ‘learn their names’. In truth, neither cats nor dogs learn their names. They learn the sound of their names and attach it to a reward as opposed to understand the meaning of their name (as a label) and attaching it to themselves. That’s my opinion. For cats …

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Can cats be self-conscious?

We don’t know if cats are self-conscious. We speculate. We are learning more about the domestic cat’s emotions. I’d like to think that cats have the ability to be self-conscious but at present I have my doubts. The article explores the possibilities. Cats are conscious, sentient beings, so say scientists – belatedly. We knew …

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