https:\/\/www.cuteness.com\/13713181\/is-my-cat-a-psychopath<\/a><\/p>\nAs a bonus entertainment piece today, scroll down at this link and read the article featuring the animal stars that helped you make it through some of the scariest movies. See if you remember some of them, like Barney in \u201cGremlins,\u201d Muffin in \u201cFriday the 13th<\/sup>,\u201d Harry in \u201cAmityville Horror,\u201d Jonesy (the cat) in \u201cAliens.\u201d I\u2019m pretty sure that most of my readers did not see the cats that hung out in \u201cHellboy.\u201d (I sure didn\u2019t.)<\/p>\nOut of curiosity, do you sometimes view your cat as a psychopath or a sociopath?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It has been said before that cats are little psychopaths. This theory is bantered around for a couple of reasons\u2014because of the house cat\u2019s seeming lack of compassion when she performs a sneak attack on one of the other family … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3292"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3293,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3292\/revisions\/3293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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It has been said before that cats are little psychopaths. This theory is bantered around for a couple of reasons\u2014because of the house cat\u2019s seeming lack of compassion when she performs a sneak attack on one of the other family pets (or you), but also because believers claim cats have no facial expression. Say what? Yes! They say a cat can\u2019t smile like a dog. Do you know how ridiculous a cat would look with her mouth wide open and her tongue hanging out panting breathlessly? \u201cThey\u201d claim that a cat doesn\u2019t show emotion in their little whiskered face\u2014they don\u2019t have the muscles needed to frown, scowl, grin, etc.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mollieRomeo-the-Russian-Blue-300x200.jpg\")
movement. Those of us who know cats can attest to the fact that a cat can be quite expressive. But the articles trying to label cats as psychopaths keep coming. Here\u2019s a recent one from The Atlantic<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/lilycatnipsprawl-300x225.jpg\")
If you find this hard to believe, check out this writer\u2019s research results and opinions on the subject. She actually entertains the question as to whether your cat wants to kill you, would kill you and, if he kills you, would he eat you. Lovely.