- millie ( @millie@beehaw.org ) English30•11 months ago
Here’s the actual article this one is a lazy rewrite of.
https://www.science.org/content/article/cats-have-nearly-300-facial-expressions
- supercriticalcheese ( @supercriticalcheese@feddit.it ) 17•11 months ago
And the scientific article if someone has access to it… for science! https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376635723001419?
- brsrklf ( @brsrklf@jlai.lu ) 11•11 months ago
Funny how the rewrite took a sentence almost verbatim but decided “no, the Cheshire cat joke has to go”
- sqgl ( @sqgl@beehaw.org ) 19•11 months ago
If ever an article could do with illustrations…
- liv ( @liv@beehaw.org ) English8•11 months ago
I knew it!! When I was a kid I was told cats don’t have facial expressions but they so do!
- java ( @java@beehaw.org ) 6•11 months ago
I think that people compare cats to dogs as both are common pets. Dogs are very expressive, while with cats you have to pay attention and spend some effort to learn their behavior and habits. Many people don’t have time or interest for that.
- Mnglw ( @mnglw@beehaw.org ) 8•11 months ago
the whole “cats are assholes” thing comes mostly from people viewing cats through a dog lens, expecting them to act like dogs, then being shocked they don’t thus they most be aloof and/or assholes
I’m so tired of it. I wish people learnt to communicate with cats in cat!
- liv ( @liv@beehaw.org ) English4•11 months ago
That would make sense. The cats in my life have always seemed super expressive to me but I was infatuated with our family cat pretty much from birth.
- Jay ( @Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca ) English2•11 months ago
I’m pretty sure all my cats only have “I’m cute, pet me” face.
- Kajo [he/him] 🌈 ( @Kajo@beehaw.org ) 2•11 months ago
They have 300 facial expressions for that.