Scientist: Cats think you are just a big, stupid cat

cnet.com ^ | January 12, 2014 4:20 PM PST | Chris Matyszczyk

[BenLurkin]

Cats think you're just a a slightly big, dumb non-hostile cat. Quite specifically, he says that they treat humans as if they were their Mama Cat.

All that rubbing up against you with their tails up is apparently no more than a hopeful check that you really are just another big, fat, slovenly cat who doesn't intend to eat them with their Welsh Rarebit.

[Perdogg]

ping

[wku man]

Heh...I'm sending this to my brother, who is the servant of three cats.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[Slings and Arrows]

[Noumenon]

Cats don’t have owners. They have staff.

[Olog-hai]

I’ve heard this before. Cats can definitely tell other cats; they behave towards each other way different from how they behave toward humans.

[Blood of Tyrants]

My daughter’s cat will play fetch.

[Perdogg]

Plus, cats use their sense of smell. We do not smell like cats.

[adorno]

Cats think you are just a big, stupid cat

As stupid as "us" big, stupid "cats" might be, we don't go around vomiting all over the floor, or bringing in dead lizards, or scratching the furniture. So, who's the stupid one, huh???

[TurboZamboni]

we don't go around vomiting all over the floor, or bringing in dead lizards, or scratching the furniture.

not since college days, any way.

[dhs12345]

Lol. That got a huge laugh from my wife.

[Viking2002]

My wife has five of these furry rats. And the article is right: the lights are on but nobody's home. They do nothing but eat, sleep, fish for snacks in my aquarium, and crap in the litter boxes. Their idea of interaction is getting underfoot when they hear the electric can opener. One of us is gonna break an ankle one of these days.

Gawd, I gotta get another dog.

[dhs12345]

Our cat did too.

And our cat would come running at the wiggle of our index finger.

She had us very well trained.

[Hoodat]

So, who's the stupid one, huh???

The one who cleans up the mess.

[dhs12345]

Ya. One of the reasons why they rub their heads against us... to rub their scent on us. They also prefer us to touch their foreheads.

[Graewoulf]

“I like cats.
They taste just like chicken.”

[Easy now, the above is from a bumper sticker.]

[dhs12345]

They bring in lizards and mice because in their minds, they are trying to feed you. Usually, the mice are alive and you are supposed to chase them down and catch them.

[DefeatCorruption]

Well, that explains a lot.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Our can can make us say, “Get down!”, every time he gets on the table.

[Viking2002]

I'll take your word for it. Three are too stringy to cook, and the other two are so fat they'd clog an artery.