It’s interesting that the cat sees this as a moving object, because I’ve found that cats don’t always respond to the same simulations of motion we do. Some computer animations will catch their attention, some won’t.
On the other hand, the reaction of the cat in this video reminds me very much of the time I blew soap bubbles for a visiting cat. I got a classic feline doubletake when the bubbles popped as they hit the floor, appearing to go through the solid surface. The look I got translated pretty clearly as “I don’t believe it – do that again!”
Uhm… Respectfully disagree, strongly. Both nature and nurture are relevant.Yes, cats like anyone else have base variations in intelligence and personality and so on… but what they’re exposed to does also affect them profoundly, in most of the same ways that it affects us. Nature sets basic capabilities and limits; nurture affects how they are used.
