It’s not anthropomorphism to believe that animals think & feel like us. It’s assuming they think & feel the same ways about the same things as we do. Misreading physical cues like facial expressions or body language leads to totally mistaken interpretations of what an animal has on its mind, what it intends or wants. …
Tag Archives: cats
Not Quite Alone
I am glad of the cat who keeps company with me from time to time sitting beside me on the arm of the chair or on my arm despite my need to have it free and sometimes I pause from work or pull her close against me to rest slightly purring against my chest and …
The Song of Hungry Cats
(borrowing a tune from Les Miserables) Do you hear the kitties sing?singing the song of hungry cats–They are a feisty fetch of felineswho are hunting in the thatch!Do you hear the cats’ demand?Say, do you hear that hungry sound?If you’re a mouse, you’d better runor your life is done! Will you interrupt your sleep?Will you …
Here, Kitty Kitty…!
The cats have run away to hide,They do not wish to go for a ride.“Oh no, I won’t!” the wise cat sings–“Rides generally arrive at unpleasant thingslike trimming of claws and shots in the assand minor surgeries… Thanks, I’ll pass!”The cats are crouching in unlikely placeswith wide opal eyes and resentful faces.Under the sofa they’d …
Regarding the adoption of elder cats and grey-muzzled dogs.
I want to encourage considering them when you are seeking a companion animal. And also, maybe, to discourage, if you can’t actually meet its needs. This is all about what we can give them, where many of us think first of what they can give us. We want the cuddles, we want the soft fur …
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The Cats Decline
The cats have run away to hide.They do not wish to go for a ride.Oh, no I won’t! the wise cat sings–Rides generally arrive at unpleasant thingslike trimming of claws and shots in the assand minor surgeries… Thanks, I’ll pass!The cats are crouching in unlikely placeswith wide opal eyes and resentful faces: Under the sofa they’d rather …
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