{"id":5187,"date":"2021-08-31T03:16:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T11:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5187"},"modified":"2021-08-31T03:16:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T11:16:43","slug":"newsday-tuesday-how-do-cats-recognize-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5187","title":{"rendered":"Newsday Tuesday \u2013 How Do Cats Recognize Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"As you know I spend my days writing stories involving interesting cats in all sorts of situations\u2014funny, hilarious, crazy, frightening, harrowing, suspenseful, unusual\u2014we\u2019ve got \u2018em all. Last week, as I was writing a scene where Rags was reunited with a young girl he hasn\u2019t seen in a while, the question came up\u2014yes, there are always questions as I write\u2014would he recognize her? How do cats recognize people?<\/p>\n

So I did some research. Guess what? It isn\u2019t so much \"\"through sight. Although cats have excellent vision when it comes to the tiniest bug on a wildly colorful, floral print fabric or dark-colored carpet. You know that. You\u2019ve \"\"seen your cat watching something flying around in the room and you can\u2019t catch even a glimpse of it. But do they really see the critter or is part of their knowingness in the hearing of it?<\/p>\n

Anyway, I did some research, which I do often while writing. I learned that, while cats have excellent sight, they don\u2019t recognize the details in a human face all that readily. They recognize us primarily by the sound of our voice and our scent. I\u2019m pretty sure that they also go with familiarity. I mean, if you usually sit in the same place at a certain time of the day\u2014office chair, recliner chair, sofa\u2014your furry sidekick is pretty certain that the person sitting there that time of day is you. Hmmm, now I want to experiment with putting someone else in that place at that time of day. I wonder what the reaction would be.<\/p>\n

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