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[Pblakeney]

They don't need to. Cats are obligate carnivores and apex predators. Their instinct is to bury their poo to ensure that it doesn't give them away to dominant rivals or other predators.

That certainly was the case but it seems to be evolving not to be the case as cats around here simply dump and walk on.

 

[Ian H]

"I like pigs. Cats look down on us, dogs look up to us but pigs treat us as equal"

WC

... And sometimes as food.

 

[Ian H]

I'm happy to interact with both cats and dogs. I have absolutely no intention of 'owning' or caring for either.

 

[Pinno718]

... And sometimes as food.

 

[Pinno718]

I'm happy to interact with both cats and dogs. I have absolutely no intention of 'owning' or caring for either.

You have that slightly wrong - cats own you.

 

[AndyRM]

You have that slightly wrong - cats own you.

They've never forgotten that we used to worship them as gods.

 

[Pinno718]

They've never forgotten that we used to worship them as gods.

You could argue that the damn things are responsible for population growth, the building of pyramids, industrialisation (and disease control) by keeping our food and grain stores free of rodents.
So by logic, there may never have been a Pol Pot, Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump if it weren't for cats.

I hate cats.





(sorry Beans)
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-beans-walk-jolly-adventure-with-pictures-thread.301746/

 

[Pinno718]

That certainly was the case but it seems to be evolving not to be the case as cats around here simply dump and walk on.

...and the older cats are tutting and saying 'the yoof of today, I dunno'.

 

[icowden]

I am very much a cat person.
I like dogs but I love cats.

I used to be the former but am very allergic to all of the furry animals.
Except moles.
You can't be allergic to moles apparently.

 

[C R]

Fair on the poo front, but I can attest to the bollock-licking habit (by the dog, to clarify).

I've never understood why, if dogs have a sense of smell which is supposedly 500x as sensitive as humans', they can shove their nose close up to a steaming pile of retch-inducing badger poo, seemingly analysing it thoughtfully. It would be like me going to a thrash metal concert latest pop sensation, standing with an ear next to the speaker stack, and analysing the finer points of the structures of the songs, while blood seeped from my eardrums.

FTFY

 

[icowden]

I've never understood why, if dogs have a sense of smell which is supposedly 500x as sensitive as humans', they can shove their nose close up to a steaming pile of retch-inducing badger poo, seemingly analysing it thoughtfully.

Design. To a dog, a poo is like a book or instagram post. It contains lots of information about the animal that deposited it, what they were eating, whether they are well or ill, etc. Dogs also have a digestive system that gives much higher tolerance to bacteria. e.coli and such like are not a problem for dogs.

To a human it's like a "no trespassing" sign. We avoid poo because of disease. It would kill us.

 

[First Aspect]

Cats get bad press because they poo in vegetable patches and aren't everyone's very bestest friend in the whole wide world every waking moment.

Mostly the latter, I think, given the wide availability of dog excrement in public, and some well publicised example of dogs not being people's best friends, due their deaths due to catastrophic canine induced blood loss.

Too many people who have either type of animal shouldn't, to be honest.

 

[AndyRM]

Look at these entitled f*ckers with their hand knitted blankets...

Tilly

Yoshi

 

[First Aspect]

This is one of ours trying to say hello to a pigeon. Another reason cats get bad press. They are only trying to be friendly.

 

[Poacher]

Look at these entitled f*ckers with their hand knitted blankets...

Tilly
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Yoshi
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As someone who can crochet, but can't knit, I'm calling you out on that statement.