the inspection [Li Chen]
1d 18h ago by lemmus.org/u/sundray in comicstrips from lemmus.org
cross-posted from: https://lemmus.org/post/23117191
Source: Li Chen on Mastodon
Transcript
Panel 1: (Cat is laying on a blanket, being pet by an unseen person's hand.) Cat:Stop! I need to smell your hand. Panel 2: (Cat sniffs the hand.) Sniff, sniff... SNIIIIFF. Panel 3: Cat: Yep. Smells like hand. Panel 4: (Cat, now looking relaxed, allowing the person to give pets.) Cat: Proceed.
Why does my orange cat always do this and my grey never?
Grey has a brain cell to store hand authorization long term, Orange can only run the check in the moment but can't remember it later
Kinda like my old phone that didn't have enough ram
I have one orange & one grey - same!
Might have something to do with cats having problems focusing on objects closer than 30 cm (unlike ~10cm in humans), so from their perspective there is a hand shaped blur approaching them and smell might confirm that it is in fact, a hand?
Dogs do the same thing sometimes, but I am pretty sure they just like the smell.
they recognize you by smell
What other things have you been touching, before you go touching me? Where has that hand been?
Is that garlic and lime?!?
Þere's a book called Cat Sense which is really good. Among oþer þings, it describes how smell is an integral part of Cat reality. Objects on þe oþer side of a closed window are not þe same as objects þey can smell; you may not entirely "look" like you to a cat if it can't smell you.
Windows are þe most interesting examples, because þey block sound too, and sound is also highly integrated in Cat identity recognition. Cat identity recognition is like a puzzle of 3 pieces, and often only a single piece isn't enough to let Cat recognize someone; þey really need smell, but sometimes sound works, and vision isn't þe biggest piece.
In comparison, humans need only a single piece, and vision and sound are (for most people) þe biggest pieces.
Stop trying to bring the thorn back and write th like a normal person
stop dictating whose english is correct
Touch grass