Cats 'exploit' humans by purring

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16 Jul 2009, 11:51 pm

Next on the news " Dogs use puppy dog eyes to get what they want"
Cats just seem to be communicating their needs they do afterall rely on us for food and water and other stuff. I never found my cat meowing annoying unless it's at a very bad time or he wants something he shouldn't have, I'm actually kind of glad he lets me know he needs stuff my memory is rather bad .

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17 Jul 2009, 8:27 am

exhausted wrote:

i posted a response earlier, but something happened to it. probably fortunate, since it was ridiculous.

in defense of purring to get food: i'm not so sure it's unreasonable. imagine being dependent on some large, unpredictable being for your basic needs. humans do this too, in a way. i mean, imagine being rude to someone who's interviewing you for a job. in general, people try to be friendly in those situations. maybe it's our equivalent of purring to be fed.

Great point.

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17 Jul 2009, 8:29 am

Oh, I don't find it annoying - it's quite cute, and obviously necessary for them. At least cats stop mewing after you've fed them (unlike babies, who frequently cry all the time for no apparent reason).

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17 Jul 2009, 9:24 am

exhausted wrote:

Yep. Cuteness is sometimes a survival technique.

kitsunetsuki wrote:

lol

Locustman wrote:

That's why I prefer cats :heart:

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17 Jul 2009, 4:42 pm

Lol the cat above looks and acts like my Cleo. I love the pissy cat face it cracks me up.

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17 Jul 2009, 8:02 pm

CRD wrote:

Lol the cat above looks and acts like my Cleo.

I love the pissy cat face it cracks me up.

My cat is called Cleo as well!

My husband was oblivious to her early morning "feed me now!" miaows, and one time she punched him in the eye to make him get up and feed her! Which he duly did. :lol:

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18 Jul 2009, 4:07 am

I'm laughing so much.... cats , dogs, whatever.....but hearty tales and pics in this thread.

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18 Jul 2009, 9:27 am

"exploit"

we always soil the innocense of animals when we try to turn them into humans, and we REALLY LOVE to soil their innocense as well, such as making chimps dance and clap their hands for movies, talking about our pets as if they know what we're talking about, oh i hate that almost as much as sheer animal cruelty :M "yes fido knows what im talking about!" no it doesnt, its a dog. your words makes no sense to it, cus its a dog.

cats purr cus they noticed it worked.

another thing cats do, is to invent new sounds why isnt this shocking and amazing?
cats can continue making new sounds too, if you stop reacting to old sounds.
depends on the cat, my cat has allready tested new sounds, since she is very vocal.

/rant
*pant
*pant...

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21 Jul 2009, 6:47 am

My cat only purrs when he sits on me. The rest of the day he's all 'REEEOWW!!'
I don't find that subtle or manipulative at all.

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23 Jul 2009, 10:43 am

I'm remembering the "Cats are Autistic" Thread from a while back :roll: Manipulative autistics are as see through as water.

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23 Jul 2009, 1:01 pm

FOOD.
NOW.

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23 Jul 2009, 4:07 pm

My most manipulative cat died about a month ago (he was 16 years old, and had cancer)

The new holder of that (dis)honor, a longhaired black cat named Cleo, jumps on me to wake me up to feed her, then throughout the day, tries to gem to pet her by constantly meowing, until either she gets bored, or I pet her.

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27 Jul 2009, 6:32 am

EVERY TIME I see this topic out of the corner of my eye, I think it's "Cats explode".

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