People keep sending me animal intelligence links, but I haven’t found the time to post them. Instead, here I am on a Saturday morning posting a video of a cat in a bathtub.
Have you ever seen such behavior? Most of my cats hate water. I have one, Max, who will drink from the faucet, and who likes to walk around the edge of the tub while I’m bathing, but he’d never do anything like this. Strange little kitten.
5 responses so far ↓
1 Monster // Jan 8, 2008 at 11:06 am
There are certain breeds that love water (such as Turkish Vans, Maine Coons or Bengals). Maybe this is one of them, or is descended from one of those types.
2 bill // Jan 8, 2008 at 9:47 pm
This might be of interest (though you’ve probably seen it already):
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cognition-animal/
3 Sara // Jan 11, 2008 at 2:02 pm
I had a cat who would jump in the bathtub when I would take a bath. (Funny thing– he even looks like the cat in the video.) He did NOT like water, but he was intrigued by it. He acted like it was a mystery that he needed to get to the bottom of, this mystery of LIQUIDS.
I had this one plastic souvenir cup that was double-walled, with a thin layer of colored liquid on the inside. Thus, it always looked full, but it was just an illusion caused by the liquid in between the walls. He would spend hours knocking the cup around and sticking his paw inside, trying to figure out where the water was.
4 Kara // Jan 24, 2008 at 2:38 pm
If you have some intelligent pet stories send them to http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/user-generated/animal-minds/animal-minds.html
National Geographic Magazine’s site is looking for pictures and stories of smart pets =)
5 Kath // Feb 14, 2008 at 1:41 pm
My kitten does that all the time. While I’m washing the dishes- she jumps in. While I’m taking a shower, she feels as if she might need one too, and walks right in. While I’m in the bath tub, she swims like an athlete. When I have to go to the bathroom, she tries to follow, but that’s my limit.
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