cats bring you mice because they think you are just a big cat but you’re a shit hunter. so they kinda care, in a somewhat disgusting way. In contrast people who send dick pics care mostly about themselves and are disgusting.
Also, cat behavior can vary wildly from one to another. I had a cat that hunted and ate his kills. Cleared my mice-in-the-walls problems! He never left me a present.
Had another cat that not only showed zero hunting behavior or play, she showed none of the typical behavior we joke about.
Also, none of my cats have ever brought me a present.
It’s been 35-years back, but after 4 professors from different disciplines recommended Desmond Morris’ books, I dived in. He believed that cats and dogs saw us as cats and dogs, just a different sort. I may be misremembering, but he did write about that idea in relation to dogs.
So that’s no longer the thinking? I never felt that my cats viewed me as one of them, but my dogs seemed to. But that’s probably me anthropomorphizing.
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cats bring you mice because they think you are just a big cat but you’re a shit hunter. so they kinda care, in a somewhat disgusting way. In contrast people who send dick pics care mostly about themselves and are disgusting.
That’s a myth and a bizarre misinterpretation of how ethology studies work. It’s incredibly bothersome to still see this being repeated around.
I get it sounds cute and the media loved posting about it, but no, your cat does not see you as a big awkward cat that can’t hunt.
My cat stopped bringing me his kills pretty immediately after he saw me catch a rabbit barehabded that he was going for to remove it from the yard.
My cat likes to shutdown my computer
Yeah, it’s killing your mouse.
Also, cat behavior can vary wildly from one to another. I had a cat that hunted and ate his kills. Cleared my mice-in-the-walls problems! He never left me a present.
Had another cat that not only showed zero hunting behavior or play, she showed none of the typical behavior we joke about.
Also, none of my cats have ever brought me a present.
It’s been 35-years back, but after 4 professors from different disciplines recommended Desmond Morris’ books, I dived in. He believed that cats and dogs saw us as cats and dogs, just a different sort. I may be misremembering, but he did write about that idea in relation to dogs.
So that’s no longer the thinking? I never felt that my cats viewed me as one of them, but my dogs seemed to. But that’s probably me anthropomorphizing.
Okay, but at least cat cares about you and wants to meet your needs. What does an unsolicited dick pic do for anybody?
Dick pic is selfish, kitty is not
That I can agree with