Comments on: Cats love illusory boxes too https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/cats-love-illusory-boxes-too/ Fri, 07 May 2021 19:46:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Edward https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/cats-love-illusory-boxes-too/#comment-1129738 Fri, 07 May 2021 19:46:33 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=75509#comment-1129738 Robert noted: “News you can use: A citizen science project has found that cats not only like to climb into real boxes, if you paint the illusion of a square on the ground they will prefer that spot as well.”

A citizen engineering project has looked into cats:
An Engineer’s Guide to Cats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHXBL6bzAR4 (7 minutes)

These engineers did not experiment with illusory squares, but they do confirm the box theory, among other phenomena. We might also get an idea of what a cat would do with an M.C. Escher “box”.

]]> By: Corona https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/cats-love-illusory-boxes-too/#comment-1129531 Thu, 06 May 2021 22:08:56 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=75509#comment-1129531 Curious what a cat would do with an M.C. Escher “box”.

]]> By: bkivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/cats-love-illusory-boxes-too/#comment-1129422 Thu, 06 May 2021 09:55:21 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=75509#comment-1129422 Let’s be real, here.

” . . . recruited humans to set up floor objects for their feline lordlings to choose from . . . ”

“The cat owners were required to film the cats’ response . . . ”

No ambiguity, here.

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/cats-love-illusory-boxes-too/#comment-1129383 Thu, 06 May 2021 06:10:27 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=75509#comment-1129383 Col–
That, is hilarious.

i can’t resist….
(research has been accelerated under the harris-biden adm.)

“Reducing Transparent Tube for the Cat”
CatPusic April 2021
https://youtu.be/zmPKxV_zLJY
3:17

]]> By: Col Beausabre https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/cats-love-illusory-boxes-too/#comment-1129380 Thu, 06 May 2021 05:47:36 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=75509#comment-1129380 wayne – It’s amazing what you can get grant money for

]]> By: Alex Andrite https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/cats-love-illusory-boxes-too/#comment-1129359 Thu, 06 May 2021 04:22:34 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=75509#comment-1129359 Funny. My daughters Siamese cat ‘knows’, that when any dresser or kitchen drawer is opened, that she will fit, and in she goes, even climbing up to the open drawer.
Must be a Siamese thing.

At one time daughter sent me a youtube of a couple of Bengal Tigers, in captivity, playing with large cardboard boxes, sizes such as you would get with a new freezer or refrigerator. The silly cat jumped right in and sat there very smug looking, then the play time with the boxes began. A real hoot.
“If I fits, I sits”.

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/cats-love-illusory-boxes-too/#comment-1129325 Thu, 06 May 2021 02:26:55 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=75509#comment-1129325 Jordan Peterson / Akira the Don
Rule #12, “Pet A Cat When You Encounter One”
From “12 Rules for Life”
February 2018
https://youtu.be/LAIQNwCbf0Y
4:11

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/cats-love-illusory-boxes-too/#comment-1129321 Thu, 06 May 2021 02:20:24 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=75509#comment-1129321 Chris-
Good stuff.
(That’s what my front door mat says.)

“Reducing Hole for the Cat. When will he stop?”
Catpusic, March 2020
https://youtu.be/5Cdv932eoU0
2:01

]]> By: Chris Lopes https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/cats-love-illusory-boxes-too/#comment-1129261 Wed, 05 May 2021 20:09:08 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=75509#comment-1129261 Yep, dogs have owners, cats have staff.

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