tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post2471015042705526939..comments2024-03-04T01:47:18.750-05:00Comments on Lemurian Congress: The Cat Altruism ExperimentAdam Thorntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05634565262440008573noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-11169542030126542572009-02-17T12:49:00.000-05:002009-02-17T12:49:00.000-05:00Perhaps cats do not have (or are classically not c...Perhaps cats do not have (or are classically not credited) with the same "emergency" instinct or intelligence that we ascribe to dogs.<BR/><BR/>Beyond the "fight or flight" response, we don't usually expect the same thing from a feline that we expect from Lassie or Rin-Tin-Tin ("What's that? Timmy fell into the old well? Lead the way!").<BR/><BR/>What you may be seeing is just "authentic cat," nothing more or nothing less.<BR/><BR/>Syd Midnight may have it pegged right - the cat knows cause-and-effect -- so why not the reverse? If she empties her bowl, you’ll have to get up and fill it. That may be the extent of cat logic.<BR/><BR/>As for sympathy and altruistic instincts - unless Zsa Zsa <I>knows</I> through training what you mean by saying "help," don't expect her to know instinctively. <BR/><BR/>Would she act differently if you were her kitten? Don’t know. However, I agree that a friendly nuzzle or look of "sympathy" would have been nice.<BR/><BR/>In that department, you may have to be forever the benefactor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-41910898573310785222009-02-17T11:47:00.000-05:002009-02-17T11:47:00.000-05:00Absolutely beautiful.Somehow, though, I still love...Absolutely beautiful.<BR/><BR/>Somehow, though, I still love her as much as I always did.Adam Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634565262440008573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-14086732010015878962009-02-16T15:21:00.000-05:002009-02-16T15:21:00.000-05:00"You're in a desert, walking along when you see yo..."You're in a desert, walking along when you see your owner crawling toward you."<BR/><BR/>"What's an owner?"<BR/><BR/>"You know what a human is?"<BR/><BR/>"Oh, those tall things that open doors and cans? I think I have one of those."<BR/><BR/>"Your owner lays on its back, calling out to you and waving its arms. But you're not helping."<BR/><BR/>"I'm not what?"Eli McIlveenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01788862908104582523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-44400422775725980492009-02-15T23:44:00.000-05:002009-02-15T23:44:00.000-05:00I think the cats logic is the same reason they go ...I think the cats logic is the same reason they go through so many elaborate rituals.. if she goes to the food dish enough times you go and feed her, so if you get hurt all she has to do is go to the food dish and eventually you'll get up and feed her. And then everything's fine!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com