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Igel

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12. I can call my cats.

Mon Dec 18, 2023, 11:56 PM

Dec 2023

I have 4. Three answer consistently--one has an identity problem but whenever any cat gets attention, it means *he* should get attention.

One my son's watched me hold "conversations" with. I miao. He miaos. We alternate. The miaos change. At some point he rubs up against me. For a given miao.

They also get other "words". When I express displeasure, 'not now--go away' and 'food?'

It's called a 'communication system.'

There's no way I could ever communicate, "Four score and seven years ago" because they can't. But "you're there", "I like you", "f**k off", "busy" or "yum-yums"? They like being acknowledged and if I don't call them by name when I get home and they show up and then pet them I get this annoying quasi-spitting sound that says, "me! now! pissed!"

It's more attitude than proposition.

That they "believe" is fine, but their beliefs are beliefs. Got science?

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