Friday, October 11, 2019
"Cat Opens Freezer and Gets Fish Fillets" and
This is not exactly a formal short film, just a short, “Cat
Opens Freezer and Gets Fish Filets” (2011), from dolceluxy
The cat, sitting on a kitchen counter top, figures out how to
open a freezing component of a typical refrigerator and get the fish fillets to
fall to the floor.
I presume he understands that the fillets will thaw in warm
air.
Here’s another video, where a house in a home in Germany
opens five doors to let himself out. He
would not understand the concept of a key-locked door.
When I lived in Dallas (1979), a stray cat would come and try to open the door to my apartment. He recognized the sound of my car as I parked and would run to the right apartment on a second floor landing.
Carnivores generally understand spatial relationships and
that food can be behind something and be hidden from view (but not from
smell). That’s why campers have to keep
food out of tents to keep it from bears.
As a mammal, if you hunt for a living, you have to be able to solve
problems and have a point of view, which is why (beyond primates and cetaceans)
carnivores generally have some of the intellectual aspects of people. Cats are particularly aware of the
possibility of beneficial relationships with other creatures, rather than
eating them.
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