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From: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: Reason For Cat Behavior
Message-ID: <998@burl.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Feb-86 14:27:16 EST
Article-I.D.: burl.998
Posted: Mon Feb  3 14:27:16 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 3-Feb-86 23:57:17 EST
References: <1904@rayssd.UUCP> <773@kitty.UUCP>
Reply-To: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson)
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Summary: 

In article <773@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
>outdoor "food".  Nevertheless, these cats will stare out the window at birds,
>"chitter" wioth excitement, and just KNOW that they want these birds.  Since
>no one taught the cats that birds are "desireable", it must be the result of a
>predatory instinct.
>	I would therefore surmise that play behavior with long thin objects
>awakens a predatory instinct for worms, snakes, etc.

I agree heartily.  One of my two indoor cats, Sam, went absolutely nuts
one night when I had the educational channel tuned in to watch an Audobon
society special on endangered birds.  He got so upset that I finally
moved one of the dining room chairs in front of the TV, where he sat with
his face 6 inches away from the screen for a full half-hour, pawing at birds
on the screen at every opportunity.

He didn't mess with the Sandhill cranes, though  ;-)
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