Scientist: Cats think Humans are just big stupid cats.

[enterthemadness]

so now I can say...I technically have 3 children, cause my cats think I'm their mama/daddy?

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/scientist-cats-think-their-owners-are-clumsy-overgrown-oaf-of-a-cat/

Anyone who’s ever owned a cat has probably wondered if their pet thinks of them as another cat. It turns out they do, albeit a clumsy, overgrown oaf of a cat, according to a British biologist, reports CBS Connecticut.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57617101-71/scientist-cats-think-you-are-just-a-big-stupid-cat/

Here's the important part, though: Cats think you're just a a slightly big, dumb non-hostile cat. Quite specifically, he says that they treat humans as if they were their Mama Cat.
All that rubbing up against you with their tails up is apparently no more than a hopeful check that you really are just another big, fat, slovenly cat who doesn't intend to eat them with their Welsh Rarebit.

 

[Hobgoblin]

No surprises there. I love the little furballs anyway.

 

[Feenix]

I AM ONE OF THEM!

I mean...cool, and stuff.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

I have cats in my apartment complex. Sometimes I like to pee outside and claim my territory.

 

[Perfect Cell]

Hmm, that's surprising to me. I would have thought cats viewed us as lowly maggots whose sole purpose was to buy them food and clean up their poop. Because they'd be right that way.

 

[enterthemadness]

Hmm, that's surprising to me. I would have thought cats viewed us as lowly maggots whose sole purpose was to buy them food and clean up their poop. Because they'd be right that way.

I think of it as a treasure hunt...of where everything is piss and poo and wet poo. Sometimes my cats watch me clean the litter. Just staring at me....

 

[Warhammer]

They think that...until you pick one of them b****es up by the scruff and stare him dead in his eyes.

 

[KevanG]

It makes sense. That's why cats don't usually care when you get home unlike dogs. They just see it as a roommate coming back.

 

[enterthemadness]

They think that...until you pick one of them b****es up by the scruff and stare him dead in his eyes.

My cat is by....no, she walked away from me. I have an idea, let's rename this the cat thread.

 

[Silvermoth]

My cat doesn't think I'm stupid but she does think I'm useful. I agree that she and all cats just see the humans they like as big cats

 

[RetrogradeOrbit]

Cats are my favourite animal and they like me too.

There's something about them that sets them apart and above all other pets that you can have. I wish I was able to have one where I live.

 

[Teelie]

I've heard this before. My own experiments confirm it.

 

[NickNitro]

Is that why cats are *******s? Because they feel they are superior to us? Great.....another reason to hate those things.

 

[Duke]

Is that why cats are *******s? Because they feel they are superior to us? Great.....another reason to hate those things.

Never liked cats either, I like canines better.

 

[Teelie]

Is that why cats are *******s? Because they feel they are superior to us? Great.....another reason to hate those things.

Not if they see you as their parent. Usually they are trying to teach you how to be a cat. And if you've seen how cats interact, it makes sense.

 

[NickNitro]

Thats a big if. I'd rather have a big oaf dog slobbering and jumping around just happy to see me and ready to wrestle.

Not an animal who is trying to change me. That's what a girlfriend's for.

 

[X Knight]

Dogs have masters.

Cats have wait staff.

 

[Xeno]

Of course cats see us as big, furless cats. That's why they knead on us, lick us and tolerate our presence. When a cat brings you a half-dead mouse or bird and lays it at your feet, she's trying to teach you how to hunt and kill prey the way she would teach a kitten. If the animals are DOA, she's given up on teaching you to hunt because you're too stupid, but she doesn't want you to starve. Just thank her kindly and finish your supper, like a good kitten.

 

[Teelie]

Dogs have masters.

Cats have wait staff.

 

[BestGirl]

This is like saying that humans kiss people, and humans kiss dogs, therefore humans must think dogs are (very stupid) people. Maybe cats treat us the way they do because it's the only way they know how to show affection.

 

[chamber-music]

 

[NickNitro]

This is like saying that humans kiss people, and humans kiss dogs, therefore humans must think dogs are (very stupid) people. Maybe cats treat us the way they do because it's the only way they know how to show affection.

Ignoring another creature 85% of the day is affection? In what corner of the animal kingdom is that happening.

 

[Schlosser85]

Reading about cats ignoring people 85% of the time makes me feel like I have a defective cat or something, because he is up my ass as much as any dog.

 

[psylockolussus]

I love cats!

 

[DeadPresident]

This is probably only in response to the cat people/ proverbial and literal cat lady thing becoming relevant in pop culture. I can just imagine everyone reposting this on their FB accounts telling everyone "SEE! I AM NORMAL, THEY THINK I'M A CAT TOO!".