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submitted 2 years ago by favrion@lemmy.ml to c/cat@lemmy.world

Is there an instinctual reason?

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[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 50 points 2 years ago

Domestic cats are social creatures. One of the ways that they show and seek affection is through cuddling. It's worth also thinking about their sharp senses of smell and hearing - they are engulfing themselves in the scent of those that they enjoy interacting with and/or considered family.

[-] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 41 points 2 years ago

Warmth and they also enjoy listening/feeling your heart beat.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago
[-] jordanlund@lemmy.one 38 points 2 years ago

That was the hardest bit for our big boy to understand after my open heart surgery... no more chest sleeping.

He curls up in my arm pit now.

[-] favrion@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

At least he grasped the concept. Did you show him the scars and train him from there?

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.one 9 points 2 years ago

God bless him, he's just not that smart... :) It was a lot of moving him and telling him no. He got it eventually.

Rocket, the B&W, gets insanely jealous though. She's camped with me right now.

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 32 points 2 years ago

It is a convenient place should they feel the need to bite your nose or ears.

[-] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago

I have a phd in cats and this is the only accurate answer

[-] procrastinator@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

My cat has a PHD and agrees

[-] HR_Pufnstuf@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

So after you fall asleep, they take your soul as you exhale. ;)

[-] em2@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I remember that show!!!

[-] thesprongler@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Because they are perfect angels sent to calm their pets (us)

[-] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Cats will sleep on your lap/chest because it reminds them of mama.

Cats will lay/sit on your head because it triggers their parental instinct.

I have a cat who sleeps on my lap, or if my wife is lying down the cat curls up on/around her head.

I guess that means my cat thinks I’m my wife’s grandpa?

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago

Not mine, sadly... Is there a word for this linguistic phenomenon so that I can complain about it in a nerdy community?

this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2023
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