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[-] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 3 weeks ago

Is that how it works? I've had dogs try breeding my leg, cats not so much. That anecdote presents an opposite case.

[-] optissima@lemmy.ml 30 points 3 weeks ago

Ive seen a dog hump inanimate objects so I don't think thats a great gauge.

[-] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 3 weeks ago

Cats have standards.

[-] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 3 weeks ago

You clearly weren't interacting with horny cats.

[-] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Horny cats might randomly bite your ankle (if male) or enrich your nights (and your neighbours') with the song of their people (if female), but I've never seen a cat trying to hump a human (or anything other than another cat).

Dogs? Sure. Endangered New Zealand flightless parrots? Yeah. Once. On video. Cats? Not once.

[-] StarMerchant938@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

My cat does it. I've had him his whole life but I got him fixed terribly late and let's just say he gets confused. I'll be holding him like baby like he likes me to do and suddenly he starts twitching and I tell him "you're being weird you gotta go now" and he grumbles at me and leaves.

[-] Licksrocks@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

My cat hates every other cat it meets, but loves every person it meets. I think it knows the difference.

[-] Siegfried@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

That anecdote presents an opposite case.

Your leg breeding your cat? Im confused

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

cats are just basically asexual outside of mating season afaik, whereas either wolves already don't have a specific mating seasons or dogs just inherited our lack of one..

it's one of my favourite things about cats, you almost never have to worry about petting them in the wrong place (you know, provided the cat trusts you) nor do you have to worry about a red rocket sighting

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