Show me a cat owner who claims his feline companion comes
when he calls, and I’ll show you a liar. Or perhaps someone who’s in the habit
of carrying bits of tuna around in his pockets. I’ve long suspected the reason Felis Catus won’t come on demand has nothing to do with whether or not she knows her own
name. I’m not alone. A group of researchers in Japan recently tested the
theory by playing audio recordings of cats’ owners and total strangers saying the
pets’ names and words that sound similar. Most of the cats reacted when their
names were spoken by turning their heads or perking up their ears. Of course,
none of them reacted by moving toward the speaker. So now you know. If you call
your cat and she doesn’t come, it’s not because she doesn’t know that you're calling her.
She’s just ignoring you.
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