Cats 'exploit' humans by purring

[Kirsten]

feline would be able to open up drawers, cupboards...., open doors feed themselves,

Oh, mine have learned to open the sliding doors of the kitchen counter behind which their food is stored, even without opposing digits.

Kirsten

[Barbara]

Now tell me something I didn't know before

[GILL]

YEA SO!exploited

[lizbud]

I saw the article this morning. I think my cats have trained me well.

[Sonia59]

Current biology is a pretty good journal, well-ranked. As a scientist I would have loved to work on such topic, very pleasant to study!
It would be interesting to know whether cats do it also with their counterparts (e.g. babies with their moms) or if it's an adaptation of cats living with humans.

[catmandu]

Pursonally I dont feel exploited at all.
My Friends are askong me for sonething to eat, and of course as a Cat dad, I am happy to oblige!!
As a lonely old man , I LOVE them when they PURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR to me in the morning!!!!
It makes my day!!!

Especially Juke Joint Joseph whos PURRR is a lot like the Mooses Pigeon Purr somehow!!!!

[momcat]

Gee, all anyone had to do was talk to those of us owned by cats! These results came as no surprise. Groucho knows how to get exactly what he wants from Soncat and me. Is our kitty boy spoiled? Nah, not Groucho!

[Freedom]

Gee, all anyone had to do was talk to those of us owned by cats! These results came as no surprise.

I was just going to add this! Gosh, are we humans THAT easy to manipulate? Seems like. Great article, thanks for sharing.