Smartest cat in the WURLD
OK, maybe not, but I've never seen this before.
Marko was looking at himself in a full-length mirror. I was having Tertius propose to Orikes' simself at the time so I didn't notice right away, and then I glanced over and saw he was staring. And then he lifted one leg, sloooowly and followed it with his eyes. Then the other leg, slooowly. And then he sniffed the glass and followed his head around. Then he checked out the side view. Then he went back to lifting one leg. Then another.
He did this for several minutes. It really looked obvious to me that he was having some kind of Cat Thought. I wouldn't say he actually thought anything as coherent as "hey, that's me," but it definitely looked as though he was carefully working out that the other cat was moving exactly the way he was.
As I said, I've never seen any cat do this, and I've had cats as long as I've been alive, usually several at a time. I thought it was pretty smart.
I'm going to go back into my game and play Orikes' and Tertius' wedding tonight. Got distracted by breaking news/rumor over Teh Intarwebz; decided it was probably nonsense. Also had to clean the house. It's ant season around here and they go after cat kibble. Blech.
PB
Marko was looking at himself in a full-length mirror. I was having Tertius propose to Orikes' simself at the time so I didn't notice right away, and then I glanced over and saw he was staring. And then he lifted one leg, sloooowly and followed it with his eyes. Then the other leg, slooowly. And then he sniffed the glass and followed his head around. Then he checked out the side view. Then he went back to lifting one leg. Then another.
He did this for several minutes. It really looked obvious to me that he was having some kind of Cat Thought. I wouldn't say he actually thought anything as coherent as "hey, that's me," but it definitely looked as though he was carefully working out that the other cat was moving exactly the way he was.
As I said, I've never seen any cat do this, and I've had cats as long as I've been alive, usually several at a time. I thought it was pretty smart.
I'm going to go back into my game and play Orikes' and Tertius' wedding tonight. Got distracted by breaking news/rumor over Teh Intarwebz; decided it was probably nonsense. Also had to clean the house. It's ant season around here and they go after cat kibble. Blech.
PB