The role of cat eye narrowing movements in cat–human communication (2020)
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Re: The role of cat eye narrowing movements in cat–human communication (2020)
#2Man, how cute is this paper?
Re: The role of cat eye narrowing movements in cat–human communication (2020)
#3Man, how cute is this paper?
Yeah, when I worked on programming language semantics our papers had no photos and a lot more predicate calculus.
Re: The role of cat eye narrowing movements in cat–human communication (2020)
#4The irony is that the cat was also studying the human.
Re: The role of cat eye narrowing movements in cat–human communication (2020)
#5I actually use this trick all of the time now and it's actually pretty effective.
A slow blink when looking at a cat signifies that you don't see them as a threat. So it can help relax strange cats, and it is also a cue from the cat that they are okay with you approaching them.
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#6Man, how cute is this paper?
The pics in the paper could be of my little guy, so I'd have to say pretty cute. Otherwise, I might hear about it later
Re: The role of cat eye narrowing movements in cat–human communication (2020)
#7I've been explaining this to my kids for years when they meet the neighbourhood cats. Angry cats glare at each other, and this is basically the opposite. I guess science has caught up!
Re: The role of cat eye narrowing movements in cat–human communication (2020)
#8I do this all the time to my cats. Sometimes the cat will trill back like "oh, got it", which is about equal parts interesting and cute.
Re: The role of cat eye narrowing movements in cat–human communication (2020)
#9The irony is that the cat was also studying the human.
You’re thinking of mice, which are merely the protrusions into our dimension of vast, hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings who have been running the Earth as an experiment since Deep Thought designed it.
Re: The role of cat eye narrowing movements in cat–human communication (2020)
#10I like the use of the term "dyad".