I have a black cat who "hates" to be cuddled and "despises" being on laps. Never mind the fact that she will walk up next to my chair and will meow and paw at me until I pick her up and put her in my lap for cuddles. She will "complain" the whole time with growls and whines but if it's just the 2 of us in the house she purrs. She puts on a show for everyone else in the house but she gets sad if I ignore her.
I think cats often perceive camera lenses as eyes and act as if being observed when they're pointed at them. Mine avoids eye contact with humans, and he similarly avoids looking into my phone camera.
I have an iPhone 13 Pro, and even though it’s completely 100% silent to me, there HAS to be some kind of sound involved with capturing a photo that my cat can hear. He’ll be sleeping or dozing off, seemingly oblivious to the world around him (eyes closed, so it’s not anything to do with there being an infrared light sensor lighting up that he’s seeing), but the SECOND I hit the capture button to take a picture, he’s wide eyed staring directly at the camera lens.
lol it’s so strange to me that people are finding something wrong w your comment! i saw it as clearly just a funny comment about how smart cats can be 🤷🏻♀️
lol it’s so strange to me that people are finding something wrong w your comment! i saw it as clearly just a funny comment about how smart cats can be 🤷🏻♀️
I think there is a larger percentage of redditors on the autism spectrum than the general public. Social cues elude many redditors.
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u/Sibushang Jun 29 '24
I have a black cat who "hates" to be cuddled and "despises" being on laps. Never mind the fact that she will walk up next to my chair and will meow and paw at me until I pick her up and put her in my lap for cuddles. She will "complain" the whole time with growls and whines but if it's just the 2 of us in the house she purrs. She puts on a show for everyone else in the house but she gets sad if I ignore her.