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[–] [email protected] 43 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 33 points 11 months ago

I thought it was winding up a punch

[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago

The cat just recognized itself.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago

Cats do recognize themselves though. Most of the time that is. I'd not put it beyond them to recognize themselvesand go "yeah, im Kind of angry, so fuck this"

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (4 children)

There's a youtube clip where a cat looked at the mirror and started touching its own ears the moment it saw them in the mirror.

https://youtu.be/kQBHB682xsQ

The fact that at least some cats are intelligent enough to recognize themselves in a mirror is a wonderful thing.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

I think the scientific causus nowadays is that the mirror test is not sufficient for cats because we don't know if they don't recognize themselfs or just don't care

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

My parents have a very reflective glass window straight ahead of their front door. Every time my dog walks in, straight to the window to bark at it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

My headcanon is that the cat assumed that it looked human up to that point and experienced a major existential crisis when it saw itself in the mirror.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

It makes me wonder if it started as a response to seeing another cat then noticed it was seeing the same motion + touch sensation.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That test exposes the self-centered members of the fauna

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago