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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:

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[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

When cats square up to each other they arch their backs and their hair stands on end, to me, that's an effort to make themselves look bigger. Therefore they know bigger == more dangerous.

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[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Fuck me is that Boris Johnson? That's animal abuse 😂

[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

😂 on his behalf I'd like to say it's really just an unflattering angle!