Haggunenons@lemmy.world to cats@lemmy.world · 10 months agoIt’s the Cat’s Meow but You Just Don’t Understandwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: ethologydigitalbioacoustics@lemmy.world
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minus-squaresome_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoWe’ve had them domesticated for about half as long as we’ve domesticated dogs, so it makes sense that we’re not as adept at interspecies communication. Dogs follow your finger when you point at something. My cats just stare at my finger / hand.
We’ve had them domesticated for about half as long as we’ve domesticated dogs, so it makes sense that we’re not as adept at interspecies communication. Dogs follow your finger when you point at something. My cats just stare at my finger / hand.