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Researchers strapped video cameras on sixteen cats and let them do their thing. Here’s what they found. (Q&A with Maren Huck about her recent study in Applied Animal Behaviour Science)

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Tags: cats, maren huck, scientists, researchers, q and a, ethology, author.david grimm, source.science
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/05/researchers-strapped-video-cameras-16-cats-and-let-them-do-their-thing-here-s-what-they

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Published
May 30 2019
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  1. cfabbro
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    LOL at the included video. The cat interacting with the other one was pretty interesting too. They seem friendly at first, even touching noses and following each other, then all of a sudden it...

    LOL at the included video.

    Stalking
    Staring - hunting
    retrospectively: defecating
    that's the evidence

    The cat interacting with the other one was pretty interesting too. They seem friendly at first, even touching noses and following each other, then all of a sudden it turned into a swatting match for no discernible reason.

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  2. bbvnvlt
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    I remember a BBC documentary "The Secret Lives of Cats" that also did this, plus GPS tracking. One of the findings I remember is that most cats stick very close to home, and that they time share...

    I remember a BBC documentary "The Secret Lives of Cats" that also did this, plus GPS tracking.

    One of the findings I remember is that most cats stick very close to home, and that they time share territories :-P.

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