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Stickmaker ([personal profile] stickmaker) wrote2010-12-11 03:01 pm
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Feline Question

Do cats lay on the clothes you've taken off because they smell like you, because they have some residual warmth, or to get hair on them?
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[personal profile] kengr 2010-12-12 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
Yes.
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[identity profile] beamjockey.livejournal.com 2010-12-12 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
None of the above. They do it because they have contempt for you.

[identity profile] donsimpson.livejournal.com 2010-12-13 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Cats seem to pick their lurking/resting spots by use of a point system. Smelling like you adds points, as does warmth. I don't think leaving hair does, but leaving their own smell on things does, so there are points for things not yet sufficiently smell-marked. There are more points for elevation/good view, concealment, etc. Not that cats have a checklist, this all gets calculated naturally....

At least, I don't _think_ they have an actual checklist. If they do, then "contrasts nicely with shed hair" may indeed be on it.
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