Cats see their humans as parents — maybe even more so than dogs, according to study

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Cats see their humans as parents — maybe even more so than dogs, according to study
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Cats have a rotten reputation as a cold and distant domesticated animal — at least compared to their main competitor, unjustly known as “man’s best friend.” (And I say this as both a cat and dog owner.)

, examined how kitten subjects reacted after spending two minutes with their caretaker, being left alone, then reuniting for another two minutes. After the experiment, they categorised each kitten by the attachment styles assigned to human babies and dogs in previous studies — secure, ambivalent, avoidant, and disorganised.

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