How Cats And Humans Differ In Showing Affection
- 10 years ago
Just because cats aren’t often the type to run up to people and into their arms, it doesn’t mean that they’re not affectionate animals.
Just because cats aren’t often the type to run up to people and into their arms, it doesn’t mean that they’re not affectionate animals.
Veterinarian and author Vint Virga says the key to appreciating the love that cats offer is to imagine oneself in their place.
For example, humans tend to be particularly demonstrative, favoring touching, hugging and kissing as means of expressing fondness.
Observations of cats in groups has shown that even the ones deemed to be most affectionate in the crowd will show their feelings more subtly.
Sometimes they intertwine their tails. Other times they just sit close to one another.
What they rarely do is stand face to face.
Virga suggests that to keep felines happy, humans should, “learn about what it is that cats think and feel rather than imposing what we think and feel upon them.”
Other experts have pointed out that some of the things cats do that may be considered weird behavior are actually signs of affection.
Just because cats aren’t often the type to run up to people and into their arms, it doesn’t mean that they’re not affectionate animals.
Veterinarian and author Vint Virga says the key to appreciating the love that cats offer is to imagine oneself in their place.
For example, humans tend to be particularly demonstrative, favoring touching, hugging and kissing as means of expressing fondness.
Observations of cats in groups has shown that even the ones deemed to be most affectionate in the crowd will show their feelings more subtly.
Sometimes they intertwine their tails. Other times they just sit close to one another.
What they rarely do is stand face to face.
Virga suggests that to keep felines happy, humans should, “learn about what it is that cats think and feel rather than imposing what we think and feel upon them.”
Other experts have pointed out that some of the things cats do that may be considered weird behavior are actually signs of affection.