<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">Simplified theory:  cats will attack anything that moves.  As for dogs, I think that they will attack anything that doesn't smell right, unless they want to roll in it.    bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 11:33 AM BillK via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Tue, 26 Jan 2021 at 16:57, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat<br>
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> re cats and leaves - Surely the cat knows that a leaf is not some animal.<br>
> Ergo, it is proved that cats have a fantasy life and are creative.  bill w<br>
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One theory is that cats play with leaves blowing around in the wind to<br>
practice hunting skills and bring them indoors to let their owner play<br>
as well, as part of their habit of bringing 'gifts' to their owners.<br>
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1000 photos of cats playing with or in piles of leaves ----<br>
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BillK<br>
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