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Cats "Exploit" Humans By Purring
An anonymous reader notes a BBC report on research recently published in the journal Current Biology, indicating that cats manipulate humans by adding a baby-like cry to their purring. "Cat owners may have suspected as much, but it seems our feline friends have found a way to manipulate us humans. Researchers at the University of Sussex have discovered that cats use a 'soliciting purr' to overpower their owners and garner attention and food. Unlike regular purring, this sound incorporates a 'cry,' with a similar frequency to a human baby's. The team said cats have 'tapped into' a human bias — producing a sound that humans find very difficult to ignore."
was the one who tagged this on drugs? hardware? power?
You should hear the noise it makes when I mistake its arse for a pencil sharpener.
I wrote my first program at the age of six, and I still can't work out how this website works.
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Good-bye
I have a friend who is breeding cats for opposable thumbs and larger brains.
Forget Skynet.
We're done for.
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everything.
Dare I ask, breeding with other cats, or with humans? The last thing we need is a human-cat hybrid. They'd probably make the purrfect advisary.
you mean this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0ffwDYo00Q
Steve -- If you have to call it a system, you don't know what it is.
Probably the same sound they make when you put them in the cat carrier: http://www.murphydog.com/cat-carrier.jpg
I doubt it. If you did that, you'd wind up with an animal with an amazing sense of smell but also a tendency to get distracted by expensive suits.
The main difference between cats and dogs is dogs have owners and cats have staff.
Never get a cat.
Or more likely a retarded furry.
Close, but not quite. Dogs have family, cats have staff.
The other thing to keep in mind is that dogs endear themselves with pack behaviour, something cats don't quite take to.
Dogs are extremely engaging, attentive and loyal and that's pretty much all they had to do to ensure their survival alongside humanity.
Cats, lacking this instinct, had to evolve to be cute as well or face getting eaten. Therefore the most personable, adorable and lovely cats had a much better chance of survival.
I guess that goes quite a way to explaining why cats are much elegant appearing and nicer to touch than dogs. Imagine an animal that looked like a dog and behaved like a cat. We'd eat that fucker to extinction as a service to the world.
Sorry to ruin it for you.
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You haven't met my cat. Sure the humans are staff, but our dogs are part of her family. To the point of sleeping with a front paw over the chihuahua.
More disturbing was the time she went into heat and tried to convince my Jack Russell terrier to mate with her. I am ever so glad the dog didn't respond.
who prays for Satan? Who in 18 centuries has had the humanity to pray for the 1 sinner that needed it most? ~Mark Twain
Yeah, just remember not to take photos of your kids in amusing positions and photo-shop "OH HAI" onto them, and you'll have made a good start.
If Red Dwarf has taught me anything it is that human-cat hybrids can be defeated by a full length mirror and a rack of horrible suits
I'm considering all these anecdotes, about cats and dogs actually being pretty smart, surfacing more and more. One didn't hear those kind of stories when I was little. So I'm wondering: perhaps it's all relative, and it's people who are getting dumber and dumber?
Free, as in your money being freed from the confines of your account.
The more you know about cats, the more you know about women. Simply put when they want attention, they want it NOW.
What, you don't pork your cats?
... cats wouldn't be purring at all.
What?
It's not brushing you up for food, it's wiping it's arse. Now who's the sheep?
One goat fart, and its an outdoor goat.
Did you get the raise?
It's been a long time.
If you are spending this much time and energy owning, emoting, or analyzing a canine or feline instead of using all that wasted emotional energy on an actual human being, you are the problem.
I'm a satanic clam.
Ewwww....
Kitty Porn
Yeah, mine wanted to get scratched every morning, so I trained him to listen for when the shower is done, wait a minute or so, and then come in. he sits patiently on the toilet seat, I scratch him for about 30 seconds to a minute and then say "All done", and he hops off and walks out. Before training him, he'd rub up against my leg all morning, driving me nuts. Now, I spend 1 minute giving him attention, he's happy, and I get my morning back.
Yes, you certainly can train a cat.
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Try petting a squirrel.
He bit me.
Interestingly enough, that is my house, except I'm the one with the cat. My wife often complains that I pay more attention to the cat.
I'm so tempted to tell her that if she were cute and cuddly I'd pay more attention to her. That, and the cat doesn't mind when I pet her.
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
My neighbor had a mean black rottweiler. It used to get out *all* the time bailed all my other neighbors (and me) on our own lawns from time to time and left massive turds on the lawn, and it stank when I opened the door in the morning - thanks neighbor.
I took to spraying it with the garden hose, and when it growled at me I'd growl right back.
Eventually everyone in the street got fed up with the dog getting out all the time. The dog turds, that we were gathering up anyway, were collected and deposited in said rottweiler owners letterbox.
Very soon after the dog was not seen about as often, I guess there are some messages you just can't send via email.
My ism, it's full of beliefs.
Come on - we partnered with dogs 70k years ago or so, and what happened? We sat around, scratched/licked our private parts, hunted (a little), and hung out and told stories.
Then, maybe 12k-20k years ago, cats domesticated us, and the next thing you know, we're doing agriculture, and building civilization... so that they could live in the manner in which they intended to become accustomed.
It's all their fault...
mark
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The truth will out: someone got it at last:
Dogs have masters; cats have staff.
First off, I'm sorry.
But ... the cat wasn't trying to heal her, it was preparing to eat her.
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They bring dead/half-dead animals home to let you know that you're one step away from being dead if you piss them off, not to feed you or teach you.
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The cat I have is a domestic short-hair and she can be pretty stubborn. My girlfriend thought I was crazy for trying to train her to sit before receiving a treat. I did not think much of it because as a child we trained all of our pets this way. While it was indeed difficult, and took many weeks, now my girlfriend sits on command every time.
Imagine an animal that looked like a dog and behaved like a cat. We'd eat that fucker to extinction as a service to the world.
Those are called foxes. I presume considering there is no Kentucky Fried Fox restaurant near me that they are not yummy.
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Positive reinforcement is used in dog training too. Though, since dogs are just a *tad* more eager to please their owners, as they are more social animals, it is about 1000x easier to accomplish.
Hell, I've trained fish in an aquarium before (oscars... very smart). Still have not been able to train a cat to do any "tricks" of any sort. Although, they do need training not to claw up the carpet, furniture, table legs, doors, etc. Usually just requires giving them something easier to claw up. Stubborn bastards.