Low Levels of Feline Curiosity
Whether or not you like cats, it seems to me evident that cats really aren’t particularly curious. Kittens, perhaps, display a bit of curiosity, but cats as a rule seem to loaf about with very little interest in the world about them, so long as it feeds them and treats them as royalty.
Now, as everybody knows, curiosity killed the cat. If this were true, it would imply that cats have a level of curiosity that is more lethal than that in other animals. After all, we don’t say “curiosity killed the dog/penguin/caterpillar”, so evidently curiosity must not be so dangerous to other creatures, or other creatures simply aren’t as curious. Given, the convenient alliteration with (c)uriosity, (k)illed, and (c)at, the ease of monosyllabic names, and the general popularity of cats might lend them a proverbial advantage over the non-alliterative, but more popular, dog and the less popular, alliterative, polysyllabic caterpillar, but I digress.
Why, then, do modern-day cats seem often to lack even the slightest forms of curiosity, despite the apparent past prevalence that resulted in the coining of such a phrase? If the proverb were true, there should be less cats in the world (which those misailurists and ailurophobes among you would applaud), due to a feline tendency towards fatal curiosity.
In the end it seems the proverb, as Miss Mable Godfrey’s unfortunate Blackie can attest, has runs its course. Curious cats find themselves killed, leaving their less curious brethren to sustain the species, resulting in progressively less curious generations of cats. And so we are stuck with two seemingly contradictory things: the proverb “curiosity killed the cat” and cats that are not in the least bit curious.
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"Curiosity killed the cat” as the old saying goes. But does anyone know of any cats that were killed by their own curiosity? Cats are extremely curious creatures, but it seems that they don’t often get themselves into trouble that they can’t also get themselves out of.
So I’d be interested in hearing if people actually did know of cats whose own curiosity caused their demise
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curiosity can either spark our intelligence or kill the cat. Curiosity helps us to push our limits, face our fears and question what’s in front of us. On the other hand curiosity can also get us trouble. When we are kids we are curious, we learn right from wrong, we take risks and we get in trouble.
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Well not exactly, but i do remember my own cat curious when she was little about what was in the toilet so she jumped onto the seat and practically falling in. then i remember once she wanted to see what was up a tree so she climbed up expertly but couldnt get down at cried for me for hours.
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I have four kittens. They are about 16 days old. There fur is fluffy and not silky. I’ve never had any of my cats have kittens before, so this is my first time.Facebook applications
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If you want a cat that looks like a wild cat go adopt a cat with tabby markings. The stripes of Mackerel Tabby domestics or the swirls of Classic Tabby Domestics can look very much like wildcat markings.
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I think it’s just part of their nature...some species are more adventurous and curious than others. Cats just seem to be near the top of the list.
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