I think the 'why' isn't really explained in the article. 'Cats are less social aware' seems to be the tldr summary followed by call for more research.
Somewhat explained: because they were solitary hunters before domestication, unlike dogs who hunt in groups.
Why cats won’t punish a stranger who harms you
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#12They don't bring the stick back either
She also liked to eat cheese puffs.
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#13I think the 'why' isn't really explained in the article. 'Cats are less social aware' seems to be the tldr summary followed by call for more research.
Your "social aware" is very different from they are not "social pack" animals like dogs. The tldr isn't what you just made up. It's we don't know. It's literally summarized in the last paragraph: > Despite their popularity, we still know relatively little about how cats think. Future research might show cats’ understanding of humans is even more limited than we currently realise. Alternatively, it might turn out that…
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#16They don't bring the stick back either
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#17They don't bring the stick back either
Back in the 90s we had a cat that liked to play fetch. Every now and then it would come to you with a bobble (a hairy ball) and you were supposed to throw it and it would bring it back (it would even drop it to your open hand). She also liked to eat cheese puffs.
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I've seen a few cats that'll bring back toys you throw for them so you can throw it again.
Cats can be trained quite well do to activities and if you can understand them correctly. It is still very rare, tho. I've seen videos of cats doing skateboard and other things their human trained them to do, but he was a cat behaviourist.
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#19it would be interesting to study how/if cats defend other cats against roughly cat-sized threats.
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#20They don't bring the stick back either