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Cat Forum / General Topics / April 2007Macavity the bus riding cat
Apparently Macavity the cat (real name unknown), likes to travel down the block to where a local fish and chips shop is located a few times per week. Only Macavity doesn't walk there, he figured out how to take the # 331 bus. He gets on with other passengers, sits down quietly and always gets off at the next stop where the fish and chips shop is at. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=4475 27&in_page_id=1770 > Apparently Macavity the cat (real name unknown), > likes to travel down the block to where a local [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=44 > 7527&in_page_id=1770 Adorable! Thanks, Studio. It's amazing how he figured out how to do that all by himself. He must have watched the activity of the bus; stopping and letting people on, then stopping again to let people off just where he wanted to go. For all he cared, it was the same people getting on and off, but the end result of going to point A to point B, was far easier than walking there. That's one smart cat. He deserves an award for advanced geometry performed by an animal. > It's amazing how he figured out how to do that all by himself. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > That's one smart cat. > He deserves an award for advanced geometry performed by an animal. But the reporter, who didn't go to the fish & chips shop, and get the other end of the story deserves the booby prize of the month......If the cat gets off at the same stop that the fish & chips store is on, then you'd think they would be waiting at the F&C joint to see how he/she gets some fish.....Or what? > But the reporter, who didn't go to the fish & chips shop, and get the other > end of the story deserves the booby prize of the month......If the cat gets > off at the same stop that the fish & chips store is on, then you'd think > they would be waiting at the F&C joint to see how he/she gets some > fish.....Or what? More than likely Macavity didn't actually go to the fish and chips store for a meal. So the story ended there. He most likely goes to another house nearby for his handout by another family he's adopted. This is a common occurance with male cats. My landlord has one that does that here. The cat goes across the street into another neighborhood to his second family. The cat has to cross a creek which is even tricky for a human much less a cat, just to get to the street. The street itself is not very busy at all, so he has very little danger in crossing that. What house he goes to is not known, but it's at least a 1/4 mile away. >> But the reporter, who didn't go to the fish & chips shop, and get the >> other [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > More than likely Macavity didn't actually go to the fish and chips > store Exacrly .....My guess also.... > for a meal. So the story ended there. > He most likely goes to another house nearby for his handout by > another > family he's adopted. As does "my" male feral cat.... > This is a common occurance with male cats. > My landlord has one that does that here. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > so he has very little danger in crossing that. > What house he goes to is not known, but it's at least a 1/4 mile away. I know the house my cat goes to....I put a collar on him once, and he put up with it for a few days....Long enough for the other family to read it and telephone us.....He likes to sleep on the cover of their hot tub....So, he eats our roasted chicken, and sleeps at their place.....A block and a half away..... > I know the house my cat goes to....I put a collar on him once, and he put up > with it for a few days....Long enough for the other family to read it and > telephone us.....He likes to sleep on the cover of their hot tub....So, he > eats our roasted chicken, and sleeps at their place.....A block and a half > away..... Yes, that was a good idea to find out where he goes, plus make a new acqauintance in the process. I'm still amazed at how Macavity did that though all by himself, it shows a precognative thought process. He had use his mind to preconcieve what the desired outcome would be by getting on the bus. A bus that is a tool in the domain of humans exclusively. Such feats are usually reserved to training an animal to perform them, or by trial and error. But it almost seems that Macavity reasoned the process out, without error. Quite extraordinary really. >> I know the house my cat goes to....I put a collar on him once, and he put >> up [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Quite extraordinary really. Yes, but different cats have different backgrounds...We have one that came across the country by car....From Connecticut to Oregon, stopping at rest stops along the way...She is very car acclimated, and will sleep in our car, and not even wake up when we get in and drive it away....We are always going back and letting her out because we can't take her with us. It's hard to say how Macavity got accustomed to traveling on the bus...Someone might have taken her the first few times....Perhaps some kids took her one stop away just to see if she could find her way back, and she could......... > It's hard to say how Macavity got accustomed to traveling on the > bus...Someone might have taken her the first few times.... Possibly on another bus, perhaps... > Perhaps some kids > took her one stop away just to see if she could find her way back, and she > could......... Not according to the bus driver who drives that route. The driver said the first time it happened, Macavity snuck on amongst other passengers, and he only noticed Macavity when he got off. He had never seen the cat before. He didn't see anyone carrying him on, so he most likely did that by his own will, as he got off the same way. To me, it sounds like he's reasoned the situation out regardless of previous travel experiences. He's going from point A to point B, on his own accord, and using a human tool to do it. He would have had to have the exact same previous experience before to know where he would end up. Otherwise Macavity has observed the bus stopping at the 2 different locals, using his keen sense of vision to see the bus' actions at long range perhaps. And understanding the time of the bus, and it's steady repetitive actions. We may never know for sure what the true facts are, but I'd say that cat was a genius regardless. And *if* it is truely precognative reasoning, it puts a whole new dimension on animal thought processes, and the way humans should think about them. > In article > <1176207089.310089.148800@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Adorable! Thanks, Studio. Ah but does he pay his fare..?! I work for that bus company so I have a vested interest <g> Ivor > > In article > > <1176207089.310089.148800@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Ivor I've cross-posted this to uk.transport.buses so it'll be interesting to see if anyone comments there..! Ivor > Ah but does he pay his fare..?! I work for that bus company so I have a > vested interest I imagine someone will give him a free bus pass. >> Ah but does he pay his fare..?! I work for that bus company so I have a >> vested interest > > I imagine someone will give him a free bus pass. Naah. Seems he's already his own 'free-bus-puss'  SignatureRegards, Nicolaas. 2007 Pricelessware CD now available. 600Mb of the best of the best in Freeware. E-Mail me for details. ... Talent means to have faith in yourself, in your own strength. > > On Apr 11, 12:45 pm, "Ivor Jones" > > <i...@despammed.invalid> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Naah. Seems he's already his own 'free-bus-puss' Boom Boom..! Music Hall still lives <g> Ivor > Apparently Macavity the cat (real name unknown), > likes to travel down the block to where a local [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=4475 27&in_page_id=1770 Great article thanks |
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