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   Dr. Amy, Psy.D. (dramypsyd@ohai.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Jun-2025 22:04:45 JST Dr. Amy, Psy.D.

   I love that cats that aren’t domesticated don’t meow when they grow up, but domesticated cats do because they learned humans don’t understand their natural communication, so they keep meowing beyond the kitten stage just for us. So basically cats made up a language just to talk to us. And that language is essentially baby talk.

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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 00:53:26 JST feld

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     • a Sapoconcha ó sol
     @Dianora @SapoconchaTradutora @dramypsyd some groundhogs are bigger than cats 😳
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     Dianora (Diane Bruce) (dianora@ottawa.place)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 00:53:27 JST Dianora (Diane Bruce)

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     @SapoconchaTradutora @dramypsyd Every single time I see a story about cats catching mice for their owners, I remember my grandfathers big Tom. My grandfather used to get dead groundhogs on the front steps. Yummy!

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     a Sapoconcha ó sol (sapoconchatradutora@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 00:53:29 JST a Sapoconcha ó sol

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     @dramypsyd 😂 That's riiiight, sweetie, get that can, wow, you're opening the can all by yourself, wow, you're so smart! You're getting a dead mouse as a treat later, you've earned it!

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     a Sapoconcha ó sol (sapoconchatradutora@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 00:53:31 JST a Sapoconcha ó sol

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     @dramypsyd That makes a lot of sense - after all, we must look like giant clumsy toddlers to them, so it's only natural that they think we need to be addressed as if we were babies. 😂

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     Dr. Amy, Psy.D. (dramypsyd@ohai.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 00:53:31 JST Dr. Amy, Psy.D.

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     @SapoconchaTradutora My cat to my other cat: We ride at dawn!
     My cat to me: Heeeey sweetie how about some nummy tweats!

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     Iris Volk (funkvolk@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 22:52:08 JST Iris Volk

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     • Dianora (Diane Bruce)

     @Dianora @dramypsyd Basically, every cat communication means "...and also FEED ME!"

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     Dianora (Diane Bruce) (dianora@ottawa.place)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 22:52:10 JST Dianora (Diane Bruce)

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     @dramypsyd It's nice to learn some of the other communication methods too! That question mark tail means "FEED ME!"

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     Marco (madeingermany@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 22:57:03 JST Marco

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     I think the cats are onto something 😺 https://www.cnet.com/culture/scientist-cats-think-you-are-just-a-big-stupid-cat/