Thought for friday

[green_amber]

Do cats realise other cats are like them? or do they think of themselves as small humans and other cats as as alien as dogs or gerbils/?

Comments

[fizzyboot.livejournal.com]

Certainly my cat behaves differently towards other cats than he does towards humans or dogs. And he ignores his reflection in a mirror.

[calimac.livejournal.com]

Cats know that other cats are cats. And they dislike that. Of one thing I can be certain: that, unlike humans, cats do not think other cats are cute.

[captainlucy.livejournal.com]

That reminds me of something I often think: do dogs or cats ever look at us and wonder when they're going to turn into humans like us?

[fjm.livejournal.com]

See here: http://edsfproject.blogspot.com/2005/12/space-time-for-springers-by-fritz.html

The actual story is heart-breaking.

[clarehooper.livejournal.com]

Sounds it. What's the name of the book? Amazon was unhelpful when I searched for "Space-time for Springers".

[fjm.livejournal.com]

It's a short story I'm afraid. I've googled it to find it in a collection, but without luck.

[clarehooper.livejournal.com]

No worries - ta for looking!

[nmg.livejournal.com]

Try here

[clarehooper.livejournal.com]

Ah, ta much!

[nmg.livejournal.com]

It used to be on scifi.com - you can find it in the Wayback Machine here.

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

The appreciation is heart-breaking enough. I know how good the actual story will be, how much it would depress me, which is why I'm never going to read it! I wish I'd never read The bloody Foghorn, it put a tarpaulin of greyness over me for days.

[shirtlifterbear.livejournal.com]

My cat truly believed he was a human, and chose to socialize exclusively with his perceived peer group.

I started to believe him to be correct.

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

Boof! considers Wong! to be alien, although his dear departed Orange brother was like Boof! but more so ...

[seph-hazard.livejournal.com]

Nonononononononono, you've all got it terribly wrong. Cats know that they are cats and that we are human; obviously they do, otherwise how would they know that they are the superior species?

[ramtops.livejournal.com]

I think anyone who claims to understand the feline mind is lying.

[nmg.livejournal.com]

Cat ontology:

1. Things that you can eat
2. Things that feed you
3. Things that you can mate with
4. Things that you should run away from
5. Rocks

Note: these categories are not exclusive

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

My three would add 'Things that can be sat or lain on.' Ideally, these are warm and do not try to move.

[pisica.livejournal.com]

Things you can play with. May also be things you can eat, of course.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

My lot certainly know, and they have sub-categories, too (Best Friend! Annoying Boy Cat! My Boyfriend! Evil Invader!). Moon seeing her reflection for the first time was one of the funniest things I've ever seen -- she did the whole threat display thing then hid when the 'invader' imitated. She was 2 all of 3 months at the time, too.

[perditathecat.livejournal.com]

I a a cat not a human!