CATS see us
as giant cats without hair
I have HEARD that
BUT
I don't think cats are that dumb
I think it's more likely
that they don't spend a lot of time
WORRYING about
CATEGORIES
we are supposed to provide the food
that was the deal
WE set up
& NOW
they EXPECT us to make good on that promise
they are either
EMOTIONALLY CONNECTED
or they aren't
if they are
we are part of their
FAMILY group
which lives
OUTSIDE of the NEED for categories
if a cat is raised with dogs
they may "bark" like a dog
or they may not
BUT
I don't think it's because they are trying to
BE LIKE a DOG
they adopt a communication style
for communication within the
GROUP
those SOUNDS, most of them
that cats use with you
they don't use
with other
CATS
they KNOW we aren't
CATS
BUT
they aren't FOCUSED on THAT
which is, I think, why the behaviorists THINK that cats think we are CATS
BUT
it's a speciesist misunderstanding
& you will not convince me
otherwise
