Iwanted to know the exact amount of time I spend ruminating on the inner lives of my cats, so I did what most people do in times of doubt, and consulted Google. According to my search history, in the two years since I became a cat owner I have Googled variations of \u201ccat love me \u2013 how do I tell?\u201d and \u201cis my cat happy\u201d 17 times. I have also inadvertently subscribed to cat-related updates from the knowledge website Quora, which emails me a daily digest. (Sample: Can Cats Be Angry or Disappointed With Their Owner?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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How do I love my cats? Let me count the ways. The clean snap of three-year-old Larry\u2019s jaw as he contemplates me with detached curiosity is my favourite sound in the world. I love the tenor and cadence of my six-month-old kitten Kedi\u2019s miaows as he follows me around the house. (High-pitched indignant squeaks means he wants food; lower-pitched chirrups suggest he would like to play.) I love the weight of Larry on my feet at night and the scratchy caress of Kedi\u2019s tongue on my eyelid in the morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But how do I know what these little tykes really think and feel? I fear the authors of online listicles written in cursive fonts are unlikely to provide me with the latest scientific research \u2013 and are probably just saying what they think I want to hear. To truly journey into the feline soul, I will have to go to the fountainhead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Iwanted to know the exact amount of time I spend ruminating on the inner lives of my cats, so I did what most people do in times of doubt, and consulted Google. According to my search history, in the two years since I became a cat owner I have Googled variations of \u201ccat love me … Continue reading Cat Article 1<\/span>