• riceandbeans161@discuss.tchncs.de
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    10 months ago

    I’m in a long distance relationship. When i’m with my boyfriend his cat is the most loving and affectionate animal i’ve ever met in my life. She loves me more than him. To the point where she cries if she isn’t allowed to sit on the bed when i play xbox.

    On facetime she keeps showing me her butt.

    • TheCaconym [any]
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      10 months ago

      The smarter animals can't process the images on a screen.

      wut

      Anyone having a cat and putting videos like this on their TV could tell you that's wrong

      Mine will actively try to catch the birds on this and go around the TV when the birds go out of frame looking for them, confused because the bird isn't behind it

      • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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        10 months ago

        I've had cats all my life and none of them have ever paid any attention to the screen

        • TheCaconym [any]
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          10 months ago

          Try those youtube cat vids, in fullscreen; I was surprised too the first time but mine is obsessed with them, sometimes for like 20 minutes

    • nameisnotimportant@lemmy.ml
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      10 months ago

      I think that you are referring to the fact that many animals can't cope / process their own reflection in the mirror and fail to identify themselves, as discussed here and there in more detail.

      • TheEmpireStrikesDak@thelemmy.club
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        10 months ago

        My budgie is BFFs with his reflection, as you'd expect. He loves me, but shows no reaction to my reflection. He is usually happy enough to make friends with other people, and he can tell me apart from others.

        But he never shows any reaction to my reflection, only his own. If we both stand by the mirror, he'll tell his mirror friend about his day, he'll tell my actual hand or nose, but it's like he can't even see the reflection of my hand. It's weird.