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Joe Canuck wrote: I'd say the contrary... the vast majority of people love cats given the numbers of people who accept them into their homes. As for why certain people dislike cats, here are likely as many reasons for that as their are people. -Previous bad experiences with cats. ie: one woman I know was attacked by a cat for no visible reason which left her with a mangled arm. -Allergies, many have severe allergies to furry animals. -Cats being independant and somewhat aloof in nature. -etc -etc -- -Joe Canuck Imho, cat haters are usually control freaks. They can be either male or female. K. -- ^,,^ Cats-haven Hobby Farm ^,,^ ^,,^ "There are millions of intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats" -- Asimov Custom handcrafts, Sterling silver beaded jewelry http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAP...s&userid=katra |
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Joe Canuck wrote: I'd say the contrary... the vast majority of people love cats given the numbers of people who accept them into their homes. As for why certain people dislike cats, here are likely as many reasons for that as their are people. -Previous bad experiences with cats. ie: one woman I know was attacked by a cat for no visible reason which left her with a mangled arm. -Allergies, many have severe allergies to furry animals. -Cats being independant and somewhat aloof in nature. -etc -etc -- -Joe Canuck Imho, cat haters are usually control freaks. They can be either male or female. K. -- ^,,^ Cats-haven Hobby Farm ^,,^ ^,,^ "There are millions of intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats" -- Asimov Custom handcrafts, Sterling silver beaded jewelry http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAP...s&userid=katra |
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Joe Canuck wrote: I'd say the contrary... the vast majority of people love cats given the numbers of people who accept them into their homes. As for why certain people dislike cats, here are likely as many reasons for that as their are people. -Previous bad experiences with cats. ie: one woman I know was attacked by a cat for no visible reason which left her with a mangled arm. -Allergies, many have severe allergies to furry animals. -Cats being independant and somewhat aloof in nature. -etc -etc -- -Joe Canuck Imho, cat haters are usually control freaks. They can be either male or female. K. -- ^,,^ Cats-haven Hobby Farm ^,,^ ^,,^ "There are millions of intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats" -- Asimov Custom handcrafts, Sterling silver beaded jewelry http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAP...s&userid=katra |
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"Laura R." wrote in message .net... circa Tue, 18 Nov 2003 19:50:03 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Governor George Liquor ) said, Why is it, or what is it about them, that elicits such strongly negative reactions from those that don't like cats? I sometimes think that one of the (irrational) reasons that some people don't like cats is because they are so efficiently, ferally beautiful. People who love cats see the "cute" features of cats but also are capable of appreciating the purely predatory nature of a cat's physique and the predatory aspects of a cat's behavior. Cat lovers can appreciate the astounding evolutional purity that makes cats so well-built for what they are. Cats don't look anything like people. Their eyes look like the eyes of no other creature on the planet except for snakes. Cats' expressions come much less from their eyes than from all of their other parts (despite the feeling of most of us who love cats that their eyes are very expressive). The reality is, aside from the degree of openness of their eyes and the length of their stares, cats' expressions come more from their ears, their whiskers, their tails and their body positions. By contrast, dogs have those little "eyebrow" muscles above their round, more similar to human, eyes. A dog can look like a sad sack simply because his brows are furrowed. Cats rarely look like a sad sack. Cats almost always look somehow predatory, even when they're completely blissed out. [snip] My two cents, Laura All very astute. |
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"Laura R." wrote in message .net... circa Tue, 18 Nov 2003 19:50:03 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Governor George Liquor ) said, Why is it, or what is it about them, that elicits such strongly negative reactions from those that don't like cats? I sometimes think that one of the (irrational) reasons that some people don't like cats is because they are so efficiently, ferally beautiful. People who love cats see the "cute" features of cats but also are capable of appreciating the purely predatory nature of a cat's physique and the predatory aspects of a cat's behavior. Cat lovers can appreciate the astounding evolutional purity that makes cats so well-built for what they are. Cats don't look anything like people. Their eyes look like the eyes of no other creature on the planet except for snakes. Cats' expressions come much less from their eyes than from all of their other parts (despite the feeling of most of us who love cats that their eyes are very expressive). The reality is, aside from the degree of openness of their eyes and the length of their stares, cats' expressions come more from their ears, their whiskers, their tails and their body positions. By contrast, dogs have those little "eyebrow" muscles above their round, more similar to human, eyes. A dog can look like a sad sack simply because his brows are furrowed. Cats rarely look like a sad sack. Cats almost always look somehow predatory, even when they're completely blissed out. [snip] My two cents, Laura All very astute. |
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"Laura R." wrote in message .net... circa Tue, 18 Nov 2003 19:50:03 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Governor George Liquor ) said, Why is it, or what is it about them, that elicits such strongly negative reactions from those that don't like cats? I sometimes think that one of the (irrational) reasons that some people don't like cats is because they are so efficiently, ferally beautiful. People who love cats see the "cute" features of cats but also are capable of appreciating the purely predatory nature of a cat's physique and the predatory aspects of a cat's behavior. Cat lovers can appreciate the astounding evolutional purity that makes cats so well-built for what they are. Cats don't look anything like people. Their eyes look like the eyes of no other creature on the planet except for snakes. Cats' expressions come much less from their eyes than from all of their other parts (despite the feeling of most of us who love cats that their eyes are very expressive). The reality is, aside from the degree of openness of their eyes and the length of their stares, cats' expressions come more from their ears, their whiskers, their tails and their body positions. By contrast, dogs have those little "eyebrow" muscles above their round, more similar to human, eyes. A dog can look like a sad sack simply because his brows are furrowed. Cats rarely look like a sad sack. Cats almost always look somehow predatory, even when they're completely blissed out. [snip] My two cents, Laura All very astute. |
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