Selfish Barbot John Peel, 1939-2004
Science of Cat
I like a skateboarding dog as much as the next man, at least the dog is enjoying himself and seems to understand why it is fun. Fun as it may seem, I don’t know if cats enjoy or understand the merrit of floating in zero G onboard a vomit commet. A simpler experiment you can do at home that also confuses the heck out of poor kitty is stick tape to it - for some reason it has strange results.
October 25th, 2004
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I don’t know if I feel good about the poor cats subjected to this experiment, but I can’t deny it’s fascinating. It makes perfect sense: cats use their fur to detect walls and obstacles when sneaking thru close quarters - the tape feels to their fur like a wall or ceiling.
This explains a lot. I wonder if you can do the same with dogs or other furry animals? Maybe really hairy people could be experimented on also…