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Cats Know Their Own Names, Even If They Pretend Not To

- Summary:

    Not so many studies appear about how do cats interacts and communicate with us or even if they can understand us. But in Japan, where cats are generally preferred than dogs are as there are Cat Cafes, Atsuko Kaito from the Sophia University of Tokyo has studied the capacity of cats to distinguish their name from other words. The investigator came to the conclusion that cats can know their own names and even pretend that they do not.

    Other studies or observations on cats came to the conclusion that cats have the ability to comprehend some of our words as they move their ears and heads to ear it better. Kaito's study also came to the conclusions that cats could understand their names as they moved their ears more strongly that to other words.

    Cat owners can also recognize that cat can sense human's emotions and act according to them. Cats are also proven to recognize the voices of their closest humans and distinguish them from the voices of strangers.

    In conclusion, investigators and cat owners can agree that cats are way more complex than we could ever think, though they act as a independent being that doesn't need anyone.

- Link or reference:

https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/cats-know-their-own-names-even-if-they-pretend-not-to/

- Publication date: April 4^th 2019

- Scientific field: Animals

- Glossary:

    - Cat Cafes: places, usually in Japan, where you can order a coffee, and then drink it while accompanied with a cat. In the Cafe, there are a lot of cats, and all of them are very friendly.

- Text commentary:

    There have a lot of studies about how dogs can interact and communicate with us, and even understand some clear instructions or specific voice tones. But, not so many studies appear about how do cats interacts and communicate with us or even if they can understand us. According to this new study, cats are more smart than we all think as they can recognize their names when said and act like they don't know anything about it.

    I chose to comment this new because it makes me feel interested and intrigued about how intelligent are the animals, specially the ones we got in our houses as pets. I have been owning a cat as a pet for 10 years and I have to admit that I got attached to him. Even though he isn't disposed to be petted sometimes, he tries to cuddle all the time.