Cats Mimic Human Actions Because It’s Convenient for Them?
In many people's impression, dogs seem to be smarter and more spiritual than cats, because people train dogs to do things or teach them some actions, and they can complete the owner's instructions, while cats seem unwilling to learn no matter what.
A few days ago, a cat owner, Xiaoming, complained to the veterinarian that his cat didn't learn anything he taught it, but it learned some actions in a way, and it could very skillfully open the cat's drawers, and even more surprisingly, it could open the door itself.

Actually, Veterinarian Xiaoming wanted to say that cats have strong learning abilities, especially in imitating cat owners, and they seem to have a talent for it. So why are cats so willing to learn cat owners' actions?
It's for their own convenience.
It's said that the master's heart is hidden, and cats' thoughts shouldn't be guessed because they are impossible to guess. However, it's not hard to see that many of the cat's imitations of humans are for their own service, which makes their lives much simpler.
For example, when they're hungry, they'll go to the cabinet to find cat food or snacks, and no one can starve themselves.
Also, they often sneak to drink water from the owner's cup, and they'll take a sip whenever they feel like it. Veterinarian Xiaoming even saw a cat drinking water with a straw.
From these actions, we can see that these actions are beneficial to them, so they are more willing to actively learn.
It's for adaptation to the environment.

In the past, most cats lived in the wild, while most of the current domestic cats are domesticated, in order to adapt to the people's living environment, they imitate cat owners, which is for their own protection.It's not difficult to find that when the cat owner is sleeping, many cats will obediently run to the owner's side to sleep with them.
Because the cat owner is sleeping, it's a safe place for them, so you often see cats sleeping next to the cat owner.
It's for gaining the cat owner's favor.
After living with the cat owner for a long time, the master can feel the owner's happiness and sadness, so they figure out what things will make the owner angry and unhappy. In order to avoid being beaten, they secretly observe the owner's emotions.When the owner is working, they need a quiet environment, so the cat will obediently sleep next to the owner and accompany the owner instead of making a lot of noises to disturb the owner.
This is to gain the owner's favor, otherwise they will be beaten.
They treat the cat owner as a partner.
Cats are very curious, just like the cat owner goes to the toilet, the cat will want to peek, to understand what the owner is doing. For them, the cat owner is a partner in their lives.

When a partner does something that they don't understand, they will try to imitate it to understand the cat owner's purpose or if there's something fun. However, through the cat's imitation actions, we can see that they like the cat owner, otherwise they wouldn't imitate.Actually, cats can imitate any of the cat owner's actions if they want to.
However, the cat owner can also see from the cat's behavior whether their own actions are right, because the imitating cat is like a mirror, reflecting the cat owner's unintentional behavior in their lives.
Some say that couples who have been together for a long time will become more and more alike. Actually, the cat's imitation behavior also suggests that they will become more and more like the cat owner, so the owner needs to pay attention to their own words and deeds in their daily lives, and it's possible that their unintentional actions will be learned by the cat.
In other words, if the cat owner is a gentle person, then the master will not always be a fierce person, and it must be a gentle cat. So if the cat owner is good in their daily lives, then the cat will become more excellent.
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