• Question: What can you tell about cats body language?

    Asked by ladysovereignezza to David, Luna, Mark, Melanie, Probash on 21 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
    • Photo: David Pyle

      David Pyle answered on 20 Mar 2011:

      I am sure that someone knows.. but I have little idea, and the scratches to prove it..

    • Photo: Mark Vesey

      Mark Vesey answered on 20 Mar 2011:

      Not a lot i’m afraid – they generally look pretty lazy to me! You can normally tell when they are hungry though!

    • Photo: Melanie Stefan

      Melanie Stefan answered on 20 Mar 2011:

      I have never had a cat, so my knowledge of cat body language is very, very limited. The only thing I think I knew was that cats have a way of landing on their legs so they could jump from high structures without hurting themselves. But then my brother’s cat broke a leg while trying that, so I’m not so sure anymore …

    • Photo: Luna Munoz

      Luna Munoz answered on 21 Mar 2011:

      Each animal, particularly social animals, has a way of alerting others of it’s kind what it wants or doesn’t want. As long as you know what the body language means, you can tell what the animal wants. I personally don’t know a lot about cats and their body language, but I know when the cat arches its back and hisses that I should move away.

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