I amusingly suspect that repeatedly chasing a ball or stick or something that some human throws for their own amusement is not exactly a sign of intelligence, unless the animal is also amused at the same time, but this registers in favor of cats. The true complaint is that they wanted an animal that would say "How high" when they said "jump", and they don't have it.ChristianRonin wrote:To all of those people that say Cat's are stupid.. BZZZZZZ WRONG!!
Last night I was drawing and somehow my cat found a straw and was playing with it. She jumped onto my bed and set it down and looked at me.
I looked at her and then grabbed the straw and threw it off my bed. She dashed off and caught it up in her teeth and brought it back to me and set it down and looked at me.
I picked it up again and threw it while laughing. She dashed off my bed once more and brought it back. This continued for about 10 minutes.
MY CAT, Pocky Rayz, CAN FETCH!!!! IT WAS SOO CUTE!!!
Does anyone else have a cat that can do cool tricks?
GhostontheNet wrote:Yumie: You should be proud that your cat gives you the honor of sharing in the spoils of the kills of sucessful hunts, even if you would rather not eat them, it is a gift of love.
Exactly, I think I nailed it when I interpreted the cat's actions that way - there is no reason for a cat to suspect our disgust with these doubtless tasty (to the cat) prize kills. The same goes for people though, after getting drunk and throwing up HOW many times, they keep doing it again enthusiastically, calling it a "good time" (now I have that Bill Cosby skit in my head)Tenshi no Ai wrote:I think it's kinda cute when they do this^^ Not trying to be morbid or anything, but I remember when my late cat was really happy and wanted me to follow her and show her a bird that she caught. I just thought it was cute because you can tell she was really proud about her catch^^ My new kitty now, being an indoor one, her biggest game is those giant spiders... so she gets lots of hugs when I see big dead ones in the basement.
As for fetching, my new kitty also likes twist ties (OBSESSES over them) and if I don't tie them together, she usually eats them (trust me, cats CAN be stupid sometimes. After eating ribbon and throwing up HOW many times, you think she'd learn...). But sometimes she'll stick the twits ties by my bed. Like a present^^ Sometimes she sort of half-way fetches them back when I play with her though.
I amusingly suspect that repeatedly chasing a ball or stick or something that some human throws for their own amusement is not exactly a sign of intelligence
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