16 July 04
Cats And Nooks
This is a note for the Ecotone Wiki topic on secret places.
One of the things that has been amazing to watch while fostering our kittens is how cats have such a wonderful instinct for finding secret nooks. Last week I was clearing some space in one of our bookshelves on the floor, and it took the kittens about fifteen seconds to go across the room and be inside the newly created bookshelf space. And of course closet doors are notorious difficult to open without attracting the attention of a kitty or two. It’s a very different world than ours to explore if you’re about eight inches tall, sleek, and graceful.
Here’s a photo of Charlie retreating under our bed, the space under our bed being a very defensible position.
- Yes, I guess it’s that predator instinct. I like the thought – don’t know if it’s the dominant paradigm among physical anthropologists yet – that human beings are scavengers “designed” to be able to walk about in the heat of noon (hence this ridiculous and inefficient bipedalism).— Dave 17. July 2004, 04:40 Link
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