Animal question 1 - The Firearms Forum

Bobitis · 07-03-2012, 05:15 PM

Yes, I have a few in mind. As this is the open forum, I'm allowed.

How is it that an animal knows when yer looking at it?

They have no concept of eyes or how they function, yet they know.

I've never seen a cat in my life that will look in a mirror. I dare ANYONE to prove me otherwise. They simply WON'T.

So how do they know when we're looking at them?

If a cat sees another looking at prey, they will lock onto it like a guided missile. How do they know?

76Highboy · 07-03-2012, 05:18 PM

My cat looks in the mirror. I think it is the same as you and me. We know when we are being looked at.

Bobitis · 07-03-2012, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by 76Highboy

My cat looks in the mirror. I think it is the same as you and me. We know when we are being looked at.

Really!?

I've never had a cat that would do that. Even when its head was held and pointed.

cpttango30 · 07-03-2012, 05:55 PM

You cat didn't do it because you wanted it too.

My cats look in the mirror.

When I started heading home from my trip to Calie my dog sat at the front door till I came home. Even slept there that night. They have better hearing smell and eye sight so they hear/smell/see you doing it.

geds · 07-03-2012, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by 76Highboy

My cat looks in the mirror. I think it is the same as you and me. We know when we are being stared at.

fixed....

76Highboy · 07-03-2012, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobitis

Really!?

I've never had a cat that would do that. Even when its head was held and pointed.

My cat will jump on my desk and sit next to me while I type. The next thing I know he is adoring himself in the mirror. He knows it's himself. If I try to get him to look he won't.

JohnHenry · 07-03-2012, 06:08 PM

Dogs have family .... Cats have staff .

BETH · 07-03-2012, 06:10 PM

cats have a sixth sense like people

raven818 · 07-03-2012, 06:12 PM

Both of my cats lay in front of a floor length mirror, and watch everything going on in the room.

The two dogs could care less.

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JH: Dogs have family .... Cats have staff .

Boy oh boy, is that ever on the mark.

dons2346 · 07-03-2012, 10:19 PM

Cats? When prepared correctly they taste like chicken

68c15 · 07-04-2012, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Bobitis

Really!?

I've never had a cat that would do that. Even when its head was held and pointed.

maybe your cat knows it's extremely ugly. LOL

my cat looks in the mirror. must be checking the progress on her weight gain plan.

cpttango30 · 07-04-2012, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by dons2346

Cats? When prepared correctly they taste like chicken

Always has to one stupid idiot in the crowd.

permafrost · 07-04-2012, 06:29 AM

Animals have what we call the sixth sense. Humans have it to, although we've suppressed it thru time. Purely survival instinct. It's important to know what's might be sizing you up for dinner. We're not so highly evolved as we imagine. We still got it!

JohnHenry · 07-04-2012, 06:48 AM

"Cats? When prepared correctly they taste like chicken"

Then what does chicken taste like ? Anytime you mention an odd food someone will
say .... "It tastes like chicken" .

carver · 07-04-2012, 08:01 AM

I think it's called survival of the fittest. If you don't pay attention you don't survive. Animals live much closer to the world of survival than we humans do. It's a natural instinct for them, but not so much for us. Situational awarness is something we have to work at, animals just live in it.

Iron Eagle · 07-04-2012, 08:12 AM

Aligator tastes kind of like chicken. That is what they feed them at the park. Consistency is like pork.

JohnHenry · 07-04-2012, 09:12 AM

So then .... cats must eat lots of alligator ( to be able to taste like chicken ) ?

geds · 07-04-2012, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnHenry

"Cats? When prepared correctly they taste like chicken"

Then what does chicken taste like ? Anytime you mention an odd food someone will
say .... "It tastes like chicken" .

Kind of a cross between whoopin' crane and spotted owl.....

fleetwood1976 · 07-04-2012, 07:08 PM

we have 4 cats. 3 will do everything possible not to look in a mirror, but one sets and admires himself in the full length mirror in the bathroom.

hunter29180 · 07-05-2012, 05:34 AM

cats who will look in a mirror are "Alphas" confidant in themselves and not worried about meeting another cat who may be more "Alpha" than themselves. Cat who wont look into a mirror have condifidance issues and submit to a "Alpha" car quickly. they know they are not in control of their enviroment.

Caneman · 07-05-2012, 09:51 AM

i don't know how they can tell, but if you look away from them they seem to chill a little and not get as stressed... that is what i have seen with deer, if you stare at them they get nervous and will likely run off, but if you don't look directly at them or away they will settle down some...

07-03-2012, 05:15 PM	#1
Bobitis Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 6,612	Animal question 1 Yes, I have a few in mind. As this is the open forum, I'm allowed. How is it that an animal knows when yer looking at it? They have no concept of eyes or how they function, yet they know. I've never seen a cat in my life that will look in a mirror. I dare ANYONE to prove me otherwise. They simply WON'T. So how do they know when we're looking at them? If a cat sees another looking at prey, they will lock onto it like a guided missile. How do they know? __________________ ^.^ A point in every direction is the same as having no point at all -->

07-03-2012, 05:18 PM	#2
76Highboy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Meridian, Idaho Contributor Posts: 6,968	Re: Animal question 1 My cat looks in the mirror. I think it is the same as you and me. We know when we are being looked at.

07-03-2012, 05:55 PM	#4
cpttango30 Former Guest Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Stafford, VA Contributor Posts: 3,071	Re: Animal question 1 You cat didn't do it because you wanted it too. My cats look in the mirror. When I started heading home from my trip to Calie my dog sat at the front door till I came home. Even slept there that night. They have better hearing smell and eye sight so they hear/smell/see you doing it.

07-03-2012, 06:08 PM	#7
JohnHenry Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Livingston county, Michigan Posts: 1,220	Re: Animal question 1 Dogs have family .... Cats have staff . __________________ Freedom .... Is Never Free ! We need Term Limits .... Send the "Professional Politicians" home .

07-03-2012, 06:10 PM	#8
BETH Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: naugatuck,Ct. Contributor Posts: 6,676	Re: Animal question 1 cats have a sixth sense like people

07-03-2012, 10:19 PM	#10
dons2346 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Move between WA and points south Contributor Posts: 1,415	Re: Animal question 1 Cats? When prepared correctly they taste like chicken __________________ "A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, 1785

07-04-2012, 06:29 AM	#13
permafrost Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Oklahoma, USA Contributor Posts: 1,771	Re: Animal question 1 Animals have what we call the sixth sense. Humans have it to, although we've suppressed it thru time. Purely survival instinct. It's important to know what's might be sizing you up for dinner. We're not so highly evolved as we imagine. We still got it! __________________ Stand and Fight

07-04-2012, 06:48 AM	#14
JohnHenry Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Livingston county, Michigan Posts: 1,220	Re: Animal question 1 "Cats? When prepared correctly they taste like chicken" Then what does chicken taste like ? Anytime you mention an odd food someone will say .... "It tastes like chicken" . __________________ Freedom .... Is Never Free ! We need Term Limits .... Send the "Professional Politicians" home .

07-04-2012, 08:01 AM	#15
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,288	Re: Animal question 1 I think it's called survival of the fittest. If you don't pay attention you don't survive. Animals live much closer to the world of survival than we humans do. It's a natural instinct for them, but not so much for us. Situational awarness is something we have to work at, animals just live in it. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

07-04-2012, 08:12 AM	#16
Iron Eagle Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Louisiana Posts: 658	Re: Animal question 1 Aligator tastes kind of like chicken. That is what they feed them at the park. Consistency is like pork.

07-04-2012, 09:12 AM	#17
JohnHenry Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Livingston county, Michigan Posts: 1,220	Re: Animal question 1 So then .... cats must eat lots of alligator ( to be able to taste like chicken ) ? __________________ Freedom .... Is Never Free ! We need Term Limits .... Send the "Professional Politicians" home .

07-04-2012, 07:08 PM	#19
fleetwood1976 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Southern Indiana Contributor Posts: 1,333	Re: Animal question 1 we have 4 cats. 3 will do everything possible not to look in a mirror, but one sets and admires himself in the full length mirror in the bathroom.

07-05-2012, 05:34 AM	#20
hunter29180 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: in a motorhome where ever we park! Contributor Posts: 1,627	Re: Animal question 1 cats who will look in a mirror are "Alphas" confidant in themselves and not worried about meeting another cat who may be more "Alpha" than themselves. Cat who wont look into a mirror have condifidance issues and submit to a "Alpha" car quickly. they know they are not in control of their enviroment. __________________ As I get Older, I have come to understand why our Founding Fathers chose our countrys motto to be "IN GOD WE TRUST", somehow they knew in the future WE would come to the point that WE COULD NO LONGER TRUST THE ONES WHO RUN IT!

07-05-2012, 09:51 AM	#21
Caneman Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,273	Re: Animal question 1 i don't know how they can tell, but if you look away from them they seem to chill a little and not get as stressed... that is what i have seen with deer, if you stare at them they get nervous and will likely run off, but if you don't look directly at them or away they will settle down some...