The cat is known to be a solitary animal. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t love you. exactly the contrary ! On top of that, some of them are very lovable and even stuck with you all the time. A new study conducted by Japanese researchers from Kyoto University, transferred New York Postsupports these facts. According to them, cats can learn the words spoken by humans, and even associate the names of these or other cats with faces. According to the researchers, domestic cats “anticipate a particular cat’s face by hearing the name of the cat in question.”
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Cats That Can “Learn Names”
These new findings may indicate that cats are able to “learn names by observing interactions between humans: a third-party perspective,” add the study authors. Another lesson from these findings: Don’t judge too quickly the attitude of cats. why ? Because, in the example he’s kicking the cat, it’s not necessarily because he’s angry or doesn’t like you. They sometimes attack because they are bored. Cat trainer, Jennifer van de Kieft, admits to our American colleagues: “I see this regularly with kittens, they have a lot of energy.”
“If they don’t have a chance to shake off the force, or at least chances to pretend play, they’re after anything,” she adds. Most importantly, a study published in the journal Current Biology shows that cats can bond with you the same way babies can bond. “Cats may have the same abilities to form safe and unsafe bonds with humans as children,” the study authors said. For example, to show their love, cats sometimes come to rub their face in your face or hit your head. Then they produce pheromones and “just put their perfume on you to say, ‘Hey, you’re mine,'” Jennifer van de Kift abounds.
⋙ This cat accompanies its master everywhere by bicycle in the streets of London!
An animal that was not made to live inside
But in cats love is not captured in the same way. So when some rub each other, others tend to bring you into the bedroom to cuddle…None of them react the same way. After all, they remain individuals. Additionally, for Carlo Siracusa, MD, Professor of Behavioral Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania College of Veterinary Medicine, it is important not to interpret cat behavior as dog behavior, as this behavior is developed in groups and the cat. Descended from solitary fishermen.
In any case, some house cats will meow a lot because they are bored. Because a cat, by definition, remains a hunter, and for her physical and mental health, playing or hunting is vital to her. Not to mention that these little breeds “were not made to live indoors. That’s not really what nature intended.”
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