Domestic cats are social creatures. One of the ways that they show and seek affection is through cuddling. It's worth also thinking about their sharp senses of smell and hearing - they are engulfing themselves in the scent of those that they enjoy interacting with and/or considered family.
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nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org · 53 pts · 3y
Domestic cats are social creatures. One of the ways that they show and seek affection is through cuddling. It's worth also thinking about their sharp senses of smell and hearing - they are engulfing themselves in the scent of those that they enjoy interacting with and/or considered family.
sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf · 44 pts · 3y
Warmth and they also enjoy listening/feeling your heart beat.
jordanlund@lemmy.one · 43 pts · 3y
That was the hardest bit for our big boy to understand after my open heart surgery... no more chest sleeping.
He curls up in my arm pit now.
favrion@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 3y
At least he grasped the concept. Did you show him the scars and train him from there?
jordanlund@lemmy.one · 11 pts · 3y
God bless him, he's just not that smart... :) It was a lot of moving him and telling him no. He got it eventually.
Rocket, the B&W, gets insanely jealous though. She's camped with me right now.
over_clox@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 3y
Warms
orcrist@lemm.ee · 36 pts · 3y
independantiste@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 3y
I have a phd in cats and this is the only accurate answer
procrastinator@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
My cat has a PHD and agrees
HR_Pufnstuf@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 3y
So after you fall asleep, they take your soul as you exhale. ;)
em2@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 3y
I remember that show!!!
thesprongler@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y
Because they are perfect angels sent to calm their pets (us)
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 3y
Cats will sleep on your lap/chest because it reminds them of mama.
Cats will lay/sit on your head because it triggers their parental instinct.
I have a cat who sleeps on my lap, or if my wife is lying down the cat curls up on/around her head.
I guess that means my cat thinks I’m my wife’s grandpa?
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de · 8 pts · 3y
Not mine, sadly... Is there a word for this linguistic phenomenon so that I can complain about it in a nerdy community?
PopcornPrincess@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Cat tax, please..