Ever wondered how your cat really sees you?
Turns out, you’re just a bigger, friendlier version of your feline friend. (Via YouTube / Funnycatsandnicefish)
That’s according to Dr. John Bradshaw — an expert in animal behavior. (Via Comedy Central)
He explains in his new book, "Cat Sense," they view their owners not as kittens, but as some kind of non-hostile, mother-like substitute. (Via Amazon)
Still, while they may purr and cuddle with you, Bradhsaw says cats are still essentially wild animals — despite centuries of domestication.
That’s because, thanks to the practice of neutering, domestic female cats have few options but to turn to feral cats for breeding — resulting in about 85 percent of cats as semi-feral. (Via Animal Planet)
It all means the way cats interact with their owner has more to do with basic instinct than it does learned behavior.
So when cats bring a dead animal to the house — it’s not actually a gift for the owner, as once believed. Instead, Bradshaw says it’s it’s a side effect of their hunting strategy. (Via YouTube / It Is Delicious)
Of course, as soon as they see their food bowls, they remember they prefer that to dead rodents. (Via YouTube / keanhokeanho)
A writer at CNET thinks of cat behavior like this: “Perhaps they really do observe that we behave in ways not dissimilar to their own. They watch us wander around, hunt purposelessly and bring home a ton of KFC.”
