How do cats manipulate humans?

If a cat wants to achieve something, be sure she will get it. So in what way?

1. Songs

   Only a person who has never kept cats can assume that all cat meows are the same. In fact, this is far from the case.

   Scientists at Cornell University are engaged in evolutionary psychology, which analyzes people’s reactions to cat meows. It turned out that cats are well aware of what kind of meow should affect each individual person.

   Interestingly, cats almost never use meowing to communicate with each other. Little kittens squeak, and the March cats howl. And so, in general, meowing is offered for communication with people.

   

   Mrrraaaaaaaaaaa! the cat says. Of course, it’s already 5 am, it’s time to get up to feed your pet. Screams are drawn out, loud, in low tones.

   Me, me, me, me – no matter how you swore not to let the cat beg, but the hand itself reaches out to throw some boring piece. Shorter couplets and an unctuous voice.

   Murrr, murrr, murrr – the cat turned on the purr, and your hand itself reaches out to scratch and stroke the pet. Scientists have proven that rumbling has a beneficial effect on the psyche and well-being of a person, so that ropes can be twisted from it.

2. dancing

   The cat rubs against your legs. That’s it, she staked you out as her person. Of course, you are melting from such feline confidence, take the beast in your arms and, stroking it, carry it into the kitchen.

   The cat is butting. And you suddenly discover with surprise that her head fits perfectly into your palm. That’s it, the stroking session has begun.

   The cat moves its paws. You know the genetic history of this action. So kittens massage the belly of the mother cat, extracting milk. You are flattered by the comparison. The cat should be rewarded! What does she need? Usually it’s food.

   

3. Psychological pressure

   The cat refuses to eat. No, not in general – but from the specific one that you offered her. She can do this for a frighteningly long time – several days. Then you give up, afraid that you will starve your pet.

   The cat shows resentment. As a rule, this happens after bathing, trimming your nails, or when you return from a vacation during which you threw it to your parents. You approach her with open arms, and this scoundrel turns around and cowards away from you. The further development of the plot is clear. You feel like a flayer and climb into the refrigerator for a treat.

   

   The cat is messing up. Shows his displeasure. He achieves several goals at once: the person is put in his place, he began to clean the tray more often, he began to pay maximum attention to the cat.

   British zoologist John Bradshaw, in his book Cat Sense, said that cats consider a person to be either a surrogate mother, or a big cat, which, for unknown reasons, is not overgrown with hair and is not very smart, and therefore it is easy to control.

November 19, 2019

Updated: November 20, 2019