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[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 10 months ago

While the results support the idea that cats grieve, an alternative possibility is that owners are projecting their own heartache on to the surviving pet. “Consistent with this hypothesis, caregivers who experienced greater grief were more likely to report increases in their surviving cats’ sleep, spending time alone and hiding following the death,” they wrote.

Glad they wrote this, because it's exactly what I was thinking as soon as the article stated how they studied the cats.

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