I wouldn’t be so sure about these cats. They certainly think, consider, plan and implement their plans. You can tell it very easily. Their movements are extremely well preplanned and almost always faultless, regardless of the height. It’s not instinct. It is extremely complex assessment, calculation and ongoing reassessment mechanism - one, which we do not have. I wrote about it in detail here: https://thepathishere.substack.com/p/how-many-senses-do-you-have
Unlike human movements. Even when we have ABS, warning systems, dozens of safety systems, lights, safe tires, clear field of vision and other humans next to us who are equally attentive to the road, we repeatedly manage to wreck our cars. We shouldn’t be allowed to go out of our rooms, for our own safety.
I bet cats have developed thinking abilities which are far beyond ours. They just don’t brag about it.
As regards seeking out mates by cats… We only see those individuals who are active. These cats which chose to remain ascetic or celibate, we don’t see them, they don’t socialize, don’t wear special robes, don’t write morality books about their chosen way of life and they don’t appear on TV or in podcasts to discuss the superiority of feline celibacy and temperance over “go, go, that’s your instinct”.
Just watching and thinking. Can’t gather enough courage to start jumping up to my furniture. I guess that’s due to the diet. Haven’t seen any cat in fast food entertainment centers.
On the other hand… no practice, no success. I thought I would start with falling down from my couch to the floor. Humans got a huge advantage over cats. They only have four landing points, we have nine at the front (elbows, knees, forehead and the four regular points), and one big landing area at the lower lower back.
Once I master this, I’ll move to falling upwards like cats.
I wouldn’t be so sure about these cats. They certainly think, consider, plan and implement their plans. You can tell it very easily. Their movements are extremely well preplanned and almost always faultless, regardless of the height. It’s not instinct. It is extremely complex assessment, calculation and ongoing reassessment mechanism - one, which we do not have. I wrote about it in detail here: https://thepathishere.substack.com/p/how-many-senses-do-you-have
Unlike human movements. Even when we have ABS, warning systems, dozens of safety systems, lights, safe tires, clear field of vision and other humans next to us who are equally attentive to the road, we repeatedly manage to wreck our cars. We shouldn’t be allowed to go out of our rooms, for our own safety.
I bet cats have developed thinking abilities which are far beyond ours. They just don’t brag about it.
As regards seeking out mates by cats… We only see those individuals who are active. These cats which chose to remain ascetic or celibate, we don’t see them, they don’t socialize, don’t wear special robes, don’t write morality books about their chosen way of life and they don’t appear on TV or in podcasts to discuss the superiority of feline celibacy and temperance over “go, go, that’s your instinct”.
A lovely and thoughtful article. Thank you.
Dan, you are awesome! Love it! ;-)
Just watching and thinking. Can’t gather enough courage to start jumping up to my furniture. I guess that’s due to the diet. Haven’t seen any cat in fast food entertainment centers.
On the other hand… no practice, no success. I thought I would start with falling down from my couch to the floor. Humans got a huge advantage over cats. They only have four landing points, we have nine at the front (elbows, knees, forehead and the four regular points), and one big landing area at the lower lower back.
Once I master this, I’ll move to falling upwards like cats.