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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2004Do cats smile?
I sincerely think they do. When Persia is in my lap and looks at me with those big, green eyes... tilts her head back and blinks slowly... and I swear, she's smiling. Of course she's probably just laughing at my hair LOL Jill > I sincerely think they do. When Persia is in my lap and looks at me with > those big, green eyes... tilts her head back and blinks slowly... and I > swear, she's smiling. Of course she's probably just laughing at my hair LOL > > Jill They certainly know how to frown!! Karen >They certainly know how to frown!! > >Karen Oh, absolutely! Yoda has thhis "look"" when he''s very displeased, ears are sliightly back and his brow is actually furrowed. Cats really do have facial expressions, they're just a little more subtle than dogs.. Sherry > I sincerely think they do. When Persia is in my lap and looks at me with > those big, green eyes... tilts her head back and blinks slowly... and I > swear, she's smiling. Of course she's probably just laughing at my hair LOL > > Jill Someone told me that slow blinks like that are cat kisses. Sometimes I will return the blink and the purrs increase. Eve > I sincerely think they do. When Persia is in my lap and looks at me with > those big, green eyes... tilts her head back and blinks slowly... and I > swear, she's smiling. Of course she's probably just laughing at my hair LOL I've known my cats to smile, laugh, sneer, frown, glare, chuckle, and show sadness. I really believe that cats have all the same emotions we do, including embarrassment. They're just better at hiding it than we are. Pam S. Quoth Tanada: > > I sincerely think they do. When Persia is in my lap and looks at me > > with those big, green eyes... tilts her head back and blinks [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > we do, including embarrassment. They're just better at hiding it than > we are. I don't know; mine always feign disgust to conceal embarrassment, and it's always so obvious. :) All my cats have very expressive faces and body language. When I fuss Firstborn, he gives me a gorgeous big grin! Blackie can look positively fiendish when he's chasing a shoelace... and Calli has expressions that I can only describe as "come hither". Even though she's neuter. :)  SignatureGwenhwyfaer (emails need [Private] in the subject) some girls wander by themselves >I sincerely think they do. When Persia is in my lap and looks at me with >those big, green eyes... tilts her head back and blinks slowly... and I >swear, she's smiling. Of course she's probably just laughing at my hair LOL > >Jill Indeed they do -- doggies too. This most recent Best Friends Magazine has a picture of a dog who is smiling. There is no mistaking that look! >I sincerely think they do. When Persia is in my lap and looks at me with >those big, green eyes... tilts her head back and blinks slowly... and I >swear, she's smiling. Of course she's probably just laughing at my hair LOL > >Jill Don't know about the smile part, but they certainly can express their emotions with their eyes, ears, whiskers, etc ;-) SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> had some very interesting things to say about Do cats smile?: >I sincerely think they do. When Persia is in my lap and looks at me with >those big, green eyes... tilts her head back and blinks slowly... and I >swear, she's smiling. Of course she's probably just laughing at my hair LOL I'm sure Felix does. I've seen his little mouth curl up at the corners when he's very content. Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL > I sincerely think they do. When Persia is in my lap and looks at me with > those big, green eyes... tilts her head back and blinks slowly... and I > swear, she's smiling. Of course she's probably just laughing at my hair LOL > > Jill Sure they do! The expression you describe is their way to express a feeling of happiness and peacefullness. If you return the same expression, you will get a good response. Cats use this to communicate to other cats that they are not aggressive or hostile. My cats are Devon Rex cats, and they have got another expression in addition to the cat smile: The wag their tails! Not from side to side, that means a couple of other things, but up and down! I think this is a speciality for the Rex breeds. If I take Teti for a "walk", grabbing his rear legs and leads him around on the floor, he will always wag his tail and give me the "eye smile" when I put him down. Hans > My cats are Devon Rex cats, and they have got another expression in addition > to the cat smile: The wag their tails! Not from side to side, that means a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Hans That sounds incredibly cute! On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 03:29:57 +0100, "Hans Schrøder" <han-schr@online.no> wrote: >> I sincerely think they do. When Persia is in my lap and looks at me with >> those big, green eyes... tilts her head back and blinks slowly... and I [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >Hans Wheelbarrow style. We used to do this when we were kids. > >If I take Teti for a "walk", grabbing his rear legs and > >leads him around on the floor, he will always wag his tail and give me the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > > Wheelbarrow style. We used to do this when we were kids. It's a possibility that I'm still a kid... ;-) Anyway, Teti loves it. Hans > I sincerely think they do. When Persia is in my lap and looks at me with > those big, green eyes... tilts her head back and blinks slowly... and I > swear, she's smiling. Of course she's probably just laughing at my hair LOL > > Jill I think they do. Vino gets this satisfied, smug smile when I pet him while he's meatloafing. He also grins down at me from the tops of cabinets when I've been looking all over for him. It is undeniable that he's laughing at me ;-) -- Britta Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > > I sincerely think they do. When Persia is in my lap and looks at me with > > those big, green eyes... tilts her head back and blinks slowly... and I [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I've been looking all over for him. It is undeniable that he's laughing at > me ;-) Oh yes indeed! Shmogg smiles when he's being petted and/or inhaling fod, but I swear he laughs his head off when he's just pulled off a b*st*rd c*t trick. Ok, its not *audible* laughter, but there's something about his expression that makes me know that if he was human, he'd have tears in his eyes and be in dire danger of losing bladder control. He is also quite capable of showing dissatifaction, anger, sorrow, frustration, happiness etc etc. Fluff on the other hand seems only seems to have a few emotions when she's awake. She's either ecstatically happy, utterly heart broken, or terribly terribly sorry. Yowie >> I think they do. Vino gets this satisfied, smug smile when I pet him > while [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > awake. She's either ecstatically happy, utterly heart broken, or terribly > terribly sorry. When Maya first moved in I would go looking for her and find she was walking 3 feet behind me like she was Bugs Bunny and I was Elmer Fudd, did everything but ask me what I was looking for. She also would be sitting in my chair when I got back from looking for her looking like she had been sitting there for hours. I could tell she thought it was enormously funny. I'm sure she was dying inside. >When Maya first moved in I would go looking for her and find she was >walking 3 feet behind me like she was Bugs Bunny and I was Elmer Fudd, >did everything but ask me what I was looking for. She also would be >sitting in my chair when I got back from looking for her looking like she >had been sitting there for hours. I could tell she thought it was >enormously funny. I'm sure she was dying inside. Sounds like one of Sammy's favorite games when she was younger. She'd go streaking out the door at night, despite the fact that she knows she's only allowed out when supervised and properly dressed in her collar. She'd run for a few yards, stop until I had almost reached her, then tear back in the other direction. After a few passes she'd hide in the bushes - it is VERY difficult to spot a tuxedo kitty hiding in a bush in the dark. After several minutes of this running and hiding, she'd sneak back inside and watch me hunt her through the window. It was obvious from her expression and body language that she thought this was hilarious, and a great game. It's been quite awhile since she did this though, since it's not nearly as much fun now that the stoopid hoomin learned to check the windows and he wandered back and forth. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >I sincerely think they do. When Persia is in my lap and looks at me with >those big, green eyes... tilts her head back and blinks slowly... and I >swear, she's smiling. Of course she's probably just laughing at my hair LOL > >Jill Robin certainly smiles...and smirks! He is such an expressive cat. CATherine Friend's cat: http://www.fourgreeneyes.com/journal/May/GiddySnooze.gif 'nuff said >Friend's cat: > >http://www.fourgreeneyes.com/journal/May/GiddySnooze.gif > >'nuff said awww, the look of total bliss. Rocky gets that look when you rub his back. I'm sadly lacking in pix of my crew, but in the two I do have of Rocky this is the look on his face. When I posted them someone asked if Rocky was blind - but no, he was just purring away and looking for more rubbing. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html What a cutie!! > Friend's cat: > > http://www.fourgreeneyes.com/journal/May/GiddySnooze.gif > > 'nuff said |
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