What is your cat or dog's favorite video/TV show?

[wnylib]

62. For people who don't have cats, it must seem strange

that cats like to watch videos and tv so much. I have a hypothesis for why they do it.

Csts are very observant creatures. Outdoors that habit helps them learn to take care of themselves. They patrol their territory and observe everything that goes on within it.

An indoor cat substitutes this behavior with looking out windows to see what goes on in the world.

Looking at a video is very similar to looking out a window. They are viewing another world through glass that they also cannot reach or become an active part of. Their inborn instincts cause them to react to things they would notice outdoors if they could be out there.

So for an indoor cat, a video or tv screen is the same as looking out a window which, in turn, is a substitute for being able to monitor outdoor territory.

Edited to add that my indoor/outdoor cats paid much less attention to tv than the ones I kept indoors. (I always had just one at a time) As little kittens they noticed tv but when old enough to go outdoors, tv was not a good substitute to them for the real thing when they were inside.