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Re: Cat and Dog Capers
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Date: June 17, 2016, 2:57 pm
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[center]Cats seem to grasp the laws of physics[/center]
June 14, 2016
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[center]Researcher Saho Takagi holding her cat. Credit: Mayu
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Cats understand the principle of cause and effect as well as
some elements of physics. Combining these abilities with their
keen sense of hearing, they can predict where possible prey
hides. These are the findings of researchers from Kyoto
University in Japan, led by Saho Takagi and published in
Springer's journal Animal Cognition.
Previous work conducted by the Japanese team established that
cats predict the presence of invisible objects based on what
they hear. In the present study, the researchers wanted to find
out if cats use a causal rule to infer if a container holds an
object, based on whether it is shaken along with a sound or not.
The team also wanted to establish if cats expect an object to
fall out or not, once the container is turned over.
Thirty domestic cats were videotaped while an experimenter shook
a container. In some cases this action went along with a
rattling sound. In others it did not, to simulate that the
vessel was empty. After the shaking phase, the container was
turned over, either with an object dropping down or not.
Two experimental conditions were congruent with physical laws,
where shaking was accompanied by a (no) sound and an (no) object
to fall out of the container. The other two conditions were
incongruent to the laws of physics. Either a rattling sound was
followed by no object dropping out of the container or no sound
while shaking led to a falling object.
The cats looked longer at the containers which were shaken
together with a noise. This suggests that cats used a physical
law to infer the existence (or absence) of objects based on
whether they heard a rattle (or not). This helped them predict
whether an object would appear (or not) once the container was
overturned.
The animals also stared longer at containers in incongruent
conditions, meaning an object dropped despite its having been
shaken noiselessly or the other way around. It is as if the cats
realized that such conditions did not fit into their grasp of
causal logic.
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> "Cats use a causal-logical understanding of noise or sounds to
predict the appearance of invisible objects," says Takagi.
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Researchers suggest that species' surroundings influence their
ability to find out information based on what they hear. The
ecology of cats' natural hunting style may therefore also favor
the ability for inference on the basis of sounds.
Takagi explains that hunting cats often need to infer the
location or the distance of their prey from sounds alone because
they stake out places of poor visibility. Further research is
needed to find out exactly what cats see in their mind's eye
when they pick up noises, and if they can extract information
such as quantity and size from what they hear.
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[center]I am pondering the derivative of ballistic trajectories
and any accompanying acoustic differences in order to compute my
chances for a quick lunch. Yes, I really am up here for my
health. ;D [/center]
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Re: Cat and Dog Capers
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: December 10, 2016, 12:45 pm
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[center]LOL! Tiny Kitten Refuses to Leave Husky Sibling’s Side …
Literally (VIDEO)[/center]
SNIPPET:
Having a younger sibling comes with a ton of perks. You always
have someone to talk to, someone to boss around, and someone who
will always have your back when things get scary. But being
adored by a little one has one small drawback. You’re the center
of their world, which can make getting alone time impossible!.
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Re: Cat and Dog Capers
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: December 23, 2016, 5:29 pm
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[center]Watch Shelter Dogs and Cats Go From Sad to Ecstatic
After Receiving Surprise Christmas Toys!
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Christmas can be a joyous time for many. With festive lights,
good cheer, and the company of your friends and family, the
holidays are filled with love and happiness. But for the six to
eight million animals that enter U.S. shelters every year,
Christmas can be depressing. Many wonderful volunteers will take
the dogs out for walks and will maybe have a few minutes of play
time, but at the end of the day, the dogs and cats are alone
once again.
But one animal shelter is working towards changing that. Every
year, the Animal Rescue League of Iowa asks their volunteers and
supporters to put toys, food, and supplies underneath the “Tree
of Life” so that they can collect donations for homeless
animals. Not only do animal lovers stock the tree full of
goodies, but the dogs and cats get to pick out their very own
toy! As seen in the video above, the pups rush over to the “Tree
of Life” and eagerly pick out a toy they can call their own. The
smiles and tail wags as they learn Santa Paws didn’t forget
about them are absolutely contagious. Santa Paws didn’t forget
about the many homeless cats either – the felines all get some
toys to keep them entertained and happy.
If you’re considering welcoming a four-legged companion into
your home, please always adopt and never shop. And if you’d like
to get involved with your local animal shelter, check out our
guide to volunteering.
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Re: Cat and Dog Capers
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: December 25, 2016, 2:56 pm
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[center]Squirrel Reunites With His Best Cat Buddy and …
OMG!
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If anybody out there had any lingering doubts that animals can
remember their friends, this video will quickly eradicate them.
This family had a pet squirrel. While having a wild animal as a
pet is never a good idea, they eventually did the right thing
and released him back into the wild where he belongs. Clearly
doing well, the little guy would pop back in from time to time
in order to visit his best buddy … the family cat!
The pair clearly enjoy one another’s company, rolling around
playfully and wrestling like two toddlers on a playground.
Watching these two, we can’t help but be reminded of the deep
social bonds that animals form, no matter what species they come
from. Once again, we all could take a lesson from these animals
that it doesn’t matter where you come from or what you look
like. A friend is a friend.
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Re: Cat and Dog Capers
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: February 12, 2017, 3:44 pm
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Re: Cat and Dog Capers
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: February 4, 2018, 10:21 pm
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[center]The above banana peel is about to be scratched into tiny
pieces. 🐈
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[center]Do Any Animals Show a Preference for Right or Left
“Handedness”?
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Just as people are either right or left-handed, cats often have
a dominant paw preference, which they may demonstrate when
they’re reminding you that it’s time to eat or boxing that new
feathered cat toy. Researchers at Queen's University Belfast's
School of Psychology wanted to know more about this feline
behavior, and collected data from 44 cats (24 males and 20
females) of varying breeds, gathered over a period of three
months by the animals' owners. They found that the male cats
strongly favored their front left paw, while the female cats
favored their front right paw.
What it says about your cat:
Researchers were interested in which paw the cats led with when
walking down stairs or accessing litter boxes. Each cat was also
studied while fishing out treats from a food maze.
About 73 percent of the cats showed a lateral bias when reaching
for food; 70 percent displayed a preference when going down
stairs; and 66 percent used one paw more prominently when
accessing a litter box.
Left-limbed animals, which rely more heavily on the right
hemisphere of the brain, tend to display stronger fear responses
and aggression than right-limbed animals, which are left brain
dominant.
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Re: Cat and Dog Capers
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: July 8, 2018, 1:55 pm
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[center][b]Henri 2, Paw de Deux ;D[/b][/center]
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Re: Cat and Dog Capers
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: July 17, 2018, 5:34 pm
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[center]Kitty 🐈 wants in NOW! A lesson in feline
perseverance. ;D[/center]
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Re: Cat and Dog Capers
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: March 29, 2019, 5:45 pm
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[center]Cats VS Drones
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/>Mega Compilations. Funny cats[/center]
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Fly Drone Guru Fights cats and drones.
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Three cats were officially hired in 1868 to search and destroy
by the Secretary of the Post Office
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: November 30, 2019, 4:51 pm
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[center]How Do Postal Workers Feel about Cats?[/center]
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/>Got a problem with mice? Hire a cat.
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That’s what London's Post Office did in September 1868, when
🐁🐭🐀 rodents began to overrun its Money
Order Office. Three cats were officially hired that year to
search and destroy
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/>by the Secretary of the Post Office, who decided to see if a
feline force could reduce the mouse population. But they didn’t
work for free. ;D They were hired at a rate of one shilling per
week.
By 1869, it was noted that the post office cats “have done their
duty very efficiently,” and their wages were increased to one
shilling and six pence.
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Of course, these civil servants also earned Royal Mail pensions.
Over the next century, a series of hardworking, well-compensated
cats would continue to prowl around British post offices.
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Their appointed rounds:
🐱 The most famous post office cat had to be Tibs the
Great, a 23-pound (10.4-kg) enforcer who kept the Royal Mail’s
headquarters mouse-free for 14 years. Tibs died in 1964, fat and
happy.
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[center]This is not the famous Tibs the Great, but you get the
idea :D[/center]
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/>The last crime-fighting kitty at the London headquarters was
Blackie, who died in 1984. His death coincided with the postal
service’s switch from cloth sacks for mail to rodent-resistant
plastic sacks.
🐈 In 2016, an exhibit at the Postal Museum in London
paid tribute to these indispensable feline employees with a
reverential historical display.
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