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>But death is probably not a concept a cat understands. They understand concepts like "absence" and "missing," but I doubt they know that things die. Why are y

>But death is probably not a concept a cat understands. They understand concepts like "absence" and "missing," but I doubt they know that things die. Why are you so confident that cats can understand some concepts but not death, as a predator they kill animals, so do youy think that in their mind they think that after they kill an animal that animal is just sleeping and should wake up soon? I am wondering what a cat that acknowledges a friend died or "is sleeping the long one" is thinking if they dream about them, is that confusing for them, dead cats comming to you in a dream.

InsideOutSanta 2y ago
"as a predator they kill animals, so do youy think that in their mind they think that after they kill an animal that animal is just sleeping and should wake up soon?" This is a very human approach to describing how a cat perceives the world. A lot of animals kill other animals. Some of these animals don't even have brains. I don't think "killing" is a necessary or sufficient precondition for understanding death. "is thinking if they dream about them, is that confusing for them" I think this is an interesting question in general. Cats seem to understand the difference between dreams and reality. When my cat seems to have a nightmare and I wake her up, she calms down immediately, so she must have some understanding that her dream was not real.
- simion314 2y ago
  >This is a very human approach to describing how a cat perceives the world. So when a cat leaves a dead mouse as an offer she does or does not understand that the mouse will never wake up? I think the cats know that dead is irreversible and a cold dead cat is not sleeping. Do you think then that no other animals understand the concept of death or you think cats are not intelligent enough like monkeys/elephants.

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>But death is probably not a concept a cat understands. They understand concepts like "absence" and "missing," but I doubt they know that things die. Why are y

by simion314 2y ago

InsideOutSanta 2y ago
"as a predator they kill animals, so do youy think that in their mind they think that after they kill an animal that animal is just sleeping and should wake up soon?" This is a very human approach to describing how a cat perceives the world. A lot of animals kill other animals. Some of these animals don't even have brains. I don't think "killing" is a necessary or sufficient precondition for understanding death. "is thinking if they dream about them, is that confusing for them" I think this is an interesting question in general. Cats seem to understand the difference between dreams and reality. When my cat seems to have a nightmare and I wake her up, she calms down immediately, so she must have some understanding that her dream was not real.
- simion314 2y ago
  >This is a very human approach to describing how a cat perceives the world. So when a cat leaves a dead mouse as an offer she does or does not understand that the mouse will never wake up? I think the cats know that dead is irreversible and a cold dead cat is not sleeping. Do you think then that no other animals understand the concept of death or you think cats are not intelligent enough like monkeys/elephants.