[HN Gopher] Cats Make Nearly 300 Different Facial Expressions
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       Cats Make Nearly 300 Different Facial Expressions
        
       Author : bookofjoe
       Score  : 35 points
       Date   : 2023-11-04 21:38 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.smithsonianmag.com)
        
       | bookofjoe wrote:
       | >Feline Faces: Unraveling the Social Function of Domestic Cat
       | Facial Signals
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       | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03766...
        
       | somishere wrote:
       | as did Bale's Patrick Bateman ...
        
         | chatmasta wrote:
         | In the morning if my whiskers are a little stiff I'll wiggle
         | them while kneading my paws on my human. I can wake him up at
         | 6am now. After I wake him up I make him heat my wet food in the
         | microwave. In the litter box I use a smell activated silicon...
        
           | scrlk wrote:
           | Impressive, very nice. Now let's see Paul Allen's cat.
        
       | userinanother wrote:
       | We need an Ai app to help identify them
        
         | oblib wrote:
         | I thought this was pretty funny so you got an upvote from me.
        
           | yieldcrv wrote:
           | the article mentions this so not really original
        
       | growingkittens wrote:
       | I have a cat who does not speak cat. He thinks growling and
       | hissing are part of a normal conversation. Other cats seem to
       | recognize this, and ignore his growling. He doesn't bite, he
       | licks things.
       | 
       | If you're interested in cat genetics, I once read a great book
       | called "Cats are Not Peas."
        
         | candiddevmike wrote:
         | I wonder if you have a neurodivergent cat? It's interesting
         | that the other cats ignore his behavior, any other kinds of
         | notable interactions between them?
        
       | jackconsidine wrote:
       | I was bringing my cat home to my parents' for the holidays and
       | thought about making a guide for my family on what different
       | facial expressions meant. Sometimes big pupils means hyper,
       | sometimes cuddly. Small slit pupils could mean lazy with a
       | yawning demeanor or otherwise not in the mood to talk. Throw in
       | the permutations of tail down, up, or hooked and you can
       | psychoanalyze him to his core.
        
       | yieldcrv wrote:
       | would like to see a field guide on this and how it varies between
       | populations
       | 
       | this is suggesting an innate common language which I think is a
       | foolish assumption
        
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