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Cats ARE neurotic - and they're probably also trying to work out how to kill you, say researchers
« on: October 31, 2015, 04:10:30 pm »
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Cats ARE neurotic - and they're probably also trying to work out how to kill you, say researchers

    Researchers examined personality traits of domestic cats and wild cats
    Cats compared to African lions, leopards and the Scottish wildcat
    Study found cats are neurotic, dominant and impulsive like African lions

By Tom Wyke for MailOnline

Published: 05:34 EST, 31 October 2015 | Updated: 09:21 EST, 31 October 2015



They are well loved for their immaculate fluffy coats and unique personalities but new research suggests cats do have a much darker side.

A study carried out between the University of Edinburgh and Bronx Zoo compared our beloved domestic cat with its wilder relatives.

Compared with the snow leopard, the Scottish wildcat and the African lion, researchers found these larger predators shared similar characteristics of aggression and neurotic behaviour to domestic cats.

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Re: Cats ARE neurotic - and they're probably also trying to work out how to kill you, say researchers
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2015, 04:11:00 pm »
That's why I have these

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Re: Cats ARE neurotic - and they're probably also trying to work out how to kill you, say researchers
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2015, 04:26:45 pm »
My cat Lilibet.  I'm pretty sure she is calculating how to kill me in this picture. 



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Re: Cats ARE neurotic - and they're probably also trying to work out how to kill you, say researchers
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Re: Cats ARE neurotic - and they're probably also trying to work out how to kill you, say researchers
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2015, 05:11:45 pm »

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Re: Cats ARE neurotic - and they're probably also trying to work out how to kill you, say researchers
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2015, 05:18:45 pm »
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I see killing in her eyes.

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Re: Cats ARE neurotic - and they're probably also trying to work out how to kill you, say researchers
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2015, 05:18:50 pm »
Looks like he is about to go for your throat ac.... :whistle:
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Re: Cats ARE neurotic - and they're probably also trying to work out how to kill you, say researchers
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researchers found these larger predators shared similar characteristics of aggression and neurotic behaviour to domestic cats.

Cats sure are pretty.  But, they're also nuts.   :shrug:
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Re: Cats ARE neurotic - and they're probably also trying to work out how to kill you, say researchers
« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2015, 05:14:14 am »
My cats may kill someone with kindness anything else is rubbish. I have had cats all my life and have never been hurt by them. I have had a dog attack me (not mine) and I needed stitches. I would trust my cats with my life and most of the dogs we owned too but have been bitten by many small dogs and attacked by a big one so I do believe cats are much much saver than dogs for the most part. I raised German Shepherds for many years so I do know how to approach and be around a dog but the ones who attacked or had bitten me acted out of character and I got surprised by them so I don't trust dogs like I do cats,
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