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Cats: selfish, unfeeling, environmentally harmful
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By Garuda.Chanti 2014-10-20 10:47:00
What research says about cats: they're selfish, unfeeling, environmentally harmful creatures
Quote: For years, dog and cat owners have been bickering over the relative merits of each type of pet.
But in recent years, scientific researchers have started to weigh in — and most of their findings so far come down firmly on the side of dogs.
Compared to dogs, scientists have found, cats don't seem to have the same sort of emotional attachment to their owners, and show genuine affection far less often than you might think. Further, they're an environmental disaster, killing literally billions of birds in the US every year — many of them from endangered species.... Personally I wouldn't have a cat who didn't hunt.
I live in a fairly rural but developed area on 3/4 of an acre. If I don't have a hunting cat some other small predator will fill the ecological niche. Last time it was a rattlesnake.
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2014-10-20 10:53:19
Cats are solitary creatures in the wild, why would they be more emotionally invested beside dogs who think of their owner as part of the 'pack' being a social creatures and all?
By Ramyrez 2014-10-20 11:07:08
I think they're both fine creatures to have as pets, I just don't expect a cat to snuggle, play fetch, or otherwise be a "team player" in the family, so to speak.
That's not to say there aren't occasionally cats like that, but I don't expect it.
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By Bahamut.Kara 2014-10-20 11:07:29
Lakshmi.Sparthosx said: »Cats are solitary creatures in the wild, why would they be more emotionally invested beside dogs who think of their owner as part of the 'pack' being a social creatures and all? I have a part (maybe full) bengal (we found him abandoned as a kitten).
This breed is very much a "pack" cat.
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By Grumpy Cat 2014-10-20 11:07:58
My cat plays fetch! :3 It is super cute, she only does it with springs though.
By Ramyrez 2014-10-20 11:11:54
Like I said. I'm sure there are plenty of anecdotes out there about more loving cats, or certain breeds that may be "pack" animals.
Just your standard domestic feline is a bit standoffish. :p
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By Fenrir.Mariane 2014-10-20 11:25:12
Like I said. I'm sure there are plenty of anecdotes out there about more loving cats, or certain breeds that may be "pack" animals.
Just your standard domestic feline is a bit standoffish. :p
Evolution is a *** ... lol
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By Siren.Mosin 2014-10-20 11:26:16
I'm convinced when my wife's cat is looking at me, it's just wishing it was big enough to eat me.
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2014-10-20 11:27:37
I'm convinced when my wife's cat is looking at me, it's just wishing it was big enough to eat me.
"I keep telling my friend Mountain Lion to pay a visit to this home but he's too busy picking off joggers and dragging their corpses off the trails."
Lazy ***.
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By Caitsith.Zahrah 2014-10-20 11:54:35
I don't trust anything that poops in a box and thinks it has carte blanche to track fecal particulate across the house or kitchen counter tops.
By Ramyrez 2014-10-20 11:55:36
I don't trust anything that poops in a box and thinks it carte blanche to track fecal particulate across the house or kitchen counter tops.
But...but...I thought cats were the clean ones...
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2014-10-20 12:01:28
I don't trust anything that poops in a box and thinks it has carte blanche to track fecal particulate across the house or kitchen counter tops.
And those eyes dare you to do something about it - *glomp, glomp* *wipe, wipe* - human.
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By Siren.Kyte 2014-10-20 12:18:28
I've started to kind of like cats more because I've realized that they're closer to my own personality.
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2014-10-20 12:25:14
You track ***on countertops?
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By Siren.Kyte 2014-10-20 12:32:44
sure
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By Bahamut.Samsonxiii 2014-10-20 12:53:20
I love my dog. Always happy, loyal, Protective, Careful with my little ones. Too many positives.
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By Bahamut.Protectorchrono 2014-10-20 13:18:07
Cats rule, dogs drool. Nuff said.
By fonewear 2014-10-20 13:37:43
I read this as women not cats. Cat==/==women same difference.
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By Ramyrez 2014-10-20 13:38:49
I read this as women not cats.
I think we all figured that out by now.
By fonewear 2014-10-20 13:42:11
Women are just as as hard to housebreak though...
By Ramyrez 2014-10-20 13:54:13
Women are just as as hard to housebreak though... 
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2014-10-20 13:59:29
This is why Fone has been banished to twenty years hard time on the interwebs to be stuck with us dudes.
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By Asura.Karbuncle 2014-10-20 14:01:00
I guess i hit the cat lottery, both of my cats are actually really affectionate and caring. I mean they have typical cat behaviors, but the little one actually follows me/comes to me when I call her name.
Its probably cause i feed 'em ._.
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By fonewear 2014-10-20 14:10:28
A thread about cats is almost worth the ten seconds of time I spend reading almost !
By Ramyrez 2014-10-20 14:16:59
A thread about cats is almost worth the ten seconds of time I spend reading almost !
On time spent:worthiness ratio, it still ranks higher than most P&R threads.
Yet I still find myself drawn to them for some reason.
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By Anna Ruthven 2014-10-20 14:22:43
I'm allergic to cats which is probably why we have one. She stays outside unless it's freezing cold then she is brought in to sleep in one of the other rooms. We got lucky with her, she will kill snakes and mice, rarely birds never squirrels (though we will if there are too many, yum) and I once saved a baby rabbit from her...and sneezed for the next two days.
If I had to pick between the cat and the four yorkies, I love dogs but I'd pick the cat, she never makes a damn sound.
By Ramyrez 2014-10-20 14:27:34
I'm allergic to cats which is probably why we have one. She stays outside unless it's freezing cold then she is brought in to sleep in one of the other rooms. We got lucky with her, she will kill snakes and mice, rarely birds never squirrels (though we will if there are too many, yum) and I once saved a baby rabbit from her...and sneezed for the next two days.
If I had to pick between the cat and the four yorkies, I love dogs but I'd pick the cat, she never makes a damn sound.
Four Yorkies.
Wow.
How do you have the energy to own four Yorkies?
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By Ragnarok.Hevans 2014-10-20 14:32:41
The article about the parasite in cat poop is the most terrifying thing I've ever read.
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By Valefor.Applebottoms 2014-10-20 14:33:38
MY CAT IS BATMAN, THIS ARGUMENT IS INVALID.
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What research says about cats: they're selfish, unfeeling, environmentally harmful creatures
Quote: For years, dog and cat owners have been bickering over the relative merits of each type of pet.
But in recent years, scientific researchers have started to weigh in — and most of their findings so far come down firmly on the side of dogs.
Compared to dogs, scientists have found, cats don't seem to have the same sort of emotional attachment to their owners, and show genuine affection far less often than you might think. Further, they're an environmental disaster, killing literally billions of birds in the US every year — many of them from endangered species.... Personally I wouldn't have a cat who didn't hunt.
I live in a fairly rural but developed area on 3/4 of an acre. If I don't have a hunting cat some other small predator will fill the ecological niche. Last time it was a rattlesnake.
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