c/cat · by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1yGood question 538 points · 10 comments · view on lemmy.world
10 Comments
snoons@lemmy.ca · 86 pts · 1y
I think they see it as you rubbing your smell on them.
taiyang@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 1y
Exactly this. It's like rubbing your cheeks, but instead it's the mouth. Same difference.
masterspace@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 1y
It's similar and associated with affection like that, but that's cheek rubbing. Head kisses are closer to their head bonks which aren't scent related.
flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 19 pts · 1y
Headbutts are also about pheremones.
masterspace@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y
Huh, TIL
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 79 pts · 1y
“that’s just the serving ape being weird again. They do that sometimes”
Nikls94@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
echodot@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 1y
Time tondo the undulating snake manoeuvre to avoid said the kisses.
UnculturedSwine@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 72 pts · 1y
Probably depends on the cat but I imagine most of them understand that it's just the way you show affection.
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 1y
My cat registers them as kisses for sure