Chamberlain explained to Bored Panda that most feline behavior is purposeful so that they get necessities like food, shelter, and water.
“Cats are usually at their funniest when they are playing and have ‘mad half-hours’ when they run around like crazy. This is the best time to offer a cat some play, ideally with a wand toy so that human hands and feet don’t become a target,” the expert told us earlier.
According to the cat specialist, one myth about felines is that they are ‘evil’ or bring ‘bad luck.’ This is both outdated and untrue.
“As I’m sure any cat lover will tell you, cats can be very loving and affectionate. When they’re not, we need to try to understand what they are telling us and provide them with appropriate care, resources and enrichment to ensure that their needs are being met,” she said.
“It is true that some cats are more aloof than others but they all need some sort of company and the opportunity to form social bonds if they so choose. Cats can suffer from separation anxiety when they are not with their humans in the same way that dogs do. The main difference between the social bond between dogs and cats and their humans is that dogs have been purposefully bred to look to humans for guidance and attention, especially in breeds designed to work with humans, such as gun dogs, guard dogs and sight hounds, whereas cats are only partially domesticated, having almost domesticated themselves in the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East thousands of years ago,” she said.
“Cats chose to live near and around humans because of the rodent supply in human grain stores that became their food source, with some kittens being taken into human homes and tamed. Humans may have succeeded in creating pedigree breeds of cat, but this still doesn’t mean that the domestic cat is truly domesticated. It is in their nature to have an independent streak but still retain the ability to form social bonds,” the expert said.
“Many cats do seem to feel affection and love towards their humans but may have difficulty expressing it. One cat’s way of showing love may be very different from another. One cat might cuddle up in their human’s lap, whereas another might show affection by sitting on the sofa a couple of feet away. Some cats like physical affection, some don’t.”
Ever since ‘Cats Being Weird Little Guys’ was launched a few years ago, it has seen massive success. Created back in March 2022, it has grown by leaps and bounds.
On Instagram alone, the social media project boasts 394k followers. Meanwhile, on X (formerly Twitter), it has a mind-meltingly huge 1.9 million followers. What’s more, the curator of the project runs a website full of merch.
Which of these cat pics and memes did you enjoy the most and why, dear Pandas? What’s your personal theory about why the internet loves cats and cat-themed content so much? What do you personally think are the biggest misconceptions that people have about cats?
Let us know what you think in the comments at the very bottom of this post. Meanwhile, don’t forget to upvote your fave pics, and tell your pets we said “hi!”
