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ashling

(25,771 posts)
Wed May 14, 2014, 10:41 AM May 2014

Where does your cat go .. its a mystery

http://cats.yourwildlife.org/



Cats are mysterious, dangerous and far more unpredictable than one might expect from an animal that is, theoretically, domesticated. Some of the mysteries of cats relate to where they go and what they do; this is especially true of cats that go outdoors. We open our doors. They leave. Just where they go, we can’t be sure. Or rather we couldn’t be sure, until now. With your help, we’re investigating the movement of domesticated cats across the landscape. We want to know: Where do they go? What are they eating? What do they bring home, microbially speaking?
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Where does your cat go .. its a mystery (Original Post) ashling May 2014 OP
From the back of the couch to the top of the refrigerator The Velveteen Ocelot May 2014 #1
There was a BBC special on this topic arcane1 May 2014 #2
My cat RARELY goes outside of our property sakabatou May 2014 #3
Terry Pratchett explained this long ago. malthaussen May 2014 #4
The official cat response: "None of your damn business, human." Yavin4 May 2014 #5

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,267 posts)
1. From the back of the couch to the top of the refrigerator
Wed May 14, 2014, 11:28 AM
May 2014

thence to a patch of sunlight on the living room floor, then to the kitchen for a snack, then to the litter box, then to scratch the cat tree for awhile, then to the window sill, then to the back of the couch again. Occasionally there is a side trip into another dimension, but I don't think GPS works there.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
2. There was a BBC special on this topic
Wed May 14, 2014, 11:52 AM
May 2014

They used GPS harnesses to follow where the various cats in a neighborhood went. Some of the results were surprising, to the humans.


sakabatou

(42,082 posts)
3. My cat RARELY goes outside of our property
Wed May 14, 2014, 05:34 PM
May 2014

She's either indoors or in the backyard, most of the time.

Yavin4

(35,354 posts)
5. The official cat response: "None of your damn business, human."
Wed May 14, 2014, 09:45 PM
May 2014

"Now feed me and be gone with you."

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