I’m wondering if cats think of us kind of like how a person thinks of a friendly bull: aware that they could easily kill us, but not necessarily afraid of them; or more like a large Dalmatian: they could fuck us up, but most of us don’t really think about that unless they’re being aggressive.

I grew up with dogs and feel like I understand them a lot better than I do cats as a whole. I adopted my cat almost four years ago and I feel like I get her pretty well, but I don’t really have an idea of what she thinks about me. I also don’t really know any other cats, though I’ve gotten along with strays and friends’ cats a lot better since I got mine.

Cat tax:

  • Hadriscus@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    I remember reading on the old site that cats saw us humans as “big, neutral cats”.

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      7 months ago

      i heard this too lol

      specifically i heard that they see us as incompetent cats and want to take care of us x3

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      7 months ago

      The trouble I have with this idea is that adult cats meow at us. They don’t do that in the wild with each other. Kittens do it to get mom’s attention, but not adult cats. They mostly communicate with body language.

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        7 months ago

        Yea that’s right, except kitten at their mothers. Perhaps they see us as caretakers, surrogate mothers ?