Help me! The cat bench is such a netherworld thing,
Who the hell came up with it!!
When you surf the Internet,
Ever brushed a weird "cat-shaped bench"?
It is said that after many shovel officials bought it,
The cats in the house are frightened...
Do cats also have the "uncanny valley effect"?
It looks like this ☝
Source tb@ Bunny is playing
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Since buying the "cat-shaped bench",
The cat is not fragrant to eat
Netizen @ There is a moon on a sunny and rainy day,
Received a puppet cat bench from a friend,
The unboxing scene is really weird and funny,
Host: The child has no intention of eating
Source xhs@ Sunny days and rainy days with moon
Netizen: As we all know,
Cats that tear down the house are to be made into benches
: Will you accidentally sit wrong?
What's even more outrageous is that
When the owner puts the bench next to the cat,
The cat was also directly scared out of the airplane ear ...
Cat: What a thing, retreat! Withdraw! Withdraw!
Source xhs@ Sunny days and rainy days with moon
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Cats really think,
Is the "cat-shaped bench" a cat?
See here,
The gossipy and curious third man
Immediately went to flip through a certain treasure's buyer show,
I want to see if this is a cat difference.
Or are all cats afraid of this netherworld.
@爱吃三丝*****87:
So realistic!
Got into a fight with my cat!
Don't imitate!
Directly in front of the cat will aggravate the cat's stress response
Big Tangerine: 9 Min! This square long-legged monster,
It wouldn't be made with orange cats, would it?
Source: TB: Buyer Show
@p**a：
My cat thought the guy was coming to grab food with him
Muppet Cat:
This ugly thing is panic! Numb...
Source: TB
Judging by these buyer shows,
There are really many cats that are frightened by this bench
There are even careful shovel officers who advise:
If the cat in the house has a bad temper,
Let it come into step contact with this bench...
Avoid overstressing your cat.
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Why are cats so afraid of cat benches?
Some netizens boldly guessed:
The reason why cats are afraid of this bench,
It is a "uncanny valley effect" similar to people.
In addition to primates,
No one has done experiments with other animals.
Therefore, this question remains to be examined.
Netizen: If you change the stool of an adult,
Do you think it's scary
Source: Web
At this time, some studious netizens asked:
Aren't cats identified by smell and hearing?
It sees this thing.
Shouldn't think it's just a piece of wood?
Although, there are many cat behaviorist studies that have shown that:
Cats are actually "face blind",
It's hard for them to tell the same kind from their appearance.
It is more about identifying by smell and sound.
After the cat mother bathes,
The kitten fried directly and did not recognize his own mother
Source xhs@ligra
But so many cats are frightened by the "cat-shaped bench",
Doesn't that mean:
Cats actually look at faces?
The third elder believes that
The cat wants to recognize an unfamiliar object,
It should require multiple senses to work together at the same time.
Whether it's sight, whether it's sight, whether it's smell,
Or hearing, you have to use it.
Sometimes it's even "getting started"
Use tactile to assist recognition
From the real cases of netizens,
We can also understand it well
The cat's mental journey to identify "monsters":
Identification is not accomplished by a single organ/sense
the appearance, sound, smell of the object,
are all signs that cats need to recognize.
But seeing with the eyes is the most direct,
So they're going to be scared first.
When you calm down, you can smell and listen.
In the same way, when a cat sees a cat that looks like a cat but is not a cat,
Twisted posture, get closer to see,
When you don't feel any vital signs on a "cat-shaped bench",
will be frightened by cognitive biases,
It's also a very normal thing.
It's probably similar to how we people feel when we see zombies
Therefore, if the cat in the house is particularly timid,
You'd better suppress it
I like to buy and buy my hands,
Don't take these weird things home with you.