Re:The Killer Cats Are Winning
by saidajigumi on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @11:55AM
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I've heard multiple stories on this theme: a farm cat that's lived out in the barn and fields for years, often not particularly concerned with humans, one day decides to hang it up and "retire" to a comfortable old age being a cozy house cat. I find this behavior to be so absolutely fascinating.
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Not to dispirit you but the idea that mammals get lazier as they get older is a mighty low bar for fascination
I dunno, I find it pretty interesting too (and I hadn't heard any stories like this before). It's a pretty significant change in behavior, especially to just happen out of the blue one day.
It's not the laziness that is interesting, it's how the cat responds to it: by actively choosing to "retire" indoors among the humans as a house cat. Do you know of any other animal that does something like this?