I’m wondering if cats think of us kind of like how a person thinks of a friendly bull: aware that they could easily kill us, but not necessarily afraid of them; or more like a large Dalmatian: they could fuck us up, but most of us don’t really think about that unless they’re being aggressive.

I grew up with dogs and feel like I understand them a lot better than I do cats as a whole. I adopted my cat almost four years ago and I feel like I get her pretty well, but I don’t really have an idea of what she thinks about me. I also don’t really know any other cats, though I’ve gotten along with strays and friends’ cats a lot better since I got mine.

Cat tax:

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[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Cats don’t have to worry about size because they already know that they have all the power in the relationship.

[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago

I mean, that’s true. If I treated her like she treats me, she’d leave, lol

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't think that they are too aware of size differences, based on plenty videos that I've seen of cats chasing bears away. Here's one of them.

Instead I guess that what triggers them to think "fuck, it could kill me!" is 99% behaviour.

[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago

Do you think the cat thinks it can win? I always assumed it was just trying to scare off a threat, but I don’t really know. My cat’s an indoor cat and though she used to growl at my neighbors (and get in between us, my heart), I didn’t think she really thought she was more of a threat than me. She also hides behind me sometimes when new people come over, so who knows if she thinks they’re only a threat to her or what.