Even if your cat hasn’t gotten your tongue, it’s most likely getting your words. Without any particular training, the animals—like human babies—appear to pick up basic human language skills just by listening to us talk. Indeed, cats learn to associate images with words even faster than babies do, according to a study published this month in Scientific Reports. That means that, despite all appearances to the contrary, our furtive feline friends may actually be listening to what we say.As anyone who's spent time around cats knows, they aren't dumb at all, they just DGAF.
Friday, October 18, 2024
I could have told you that.
Some recent studies of domestic cats show that they have a remarkable ability to pick up the meanings of spoken words just by observation and without specific training.