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How Do Cats Find Their Way Back To Their Owners 100s of Miles Away?
Posted on 7/26/24 at 9:36 pm
Posted on 7/26/24 at 9:36 pm
I just saw a story of a cat that allegedly found its way back to its owners 1,500 miles away. Seems like balognie but there has been at least one instance of a microchipped cat finding it's way back to its owners from 100s of miles away. How does a cat know which way to go? this is kind of blowing my mind. There is much scientists don't know about animal travel and migration
https://science.time.com/2013/02/11/the-mystery-of-the-geolocating-cat/
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When a battered, skinny tortoiseshell cat wandered into a yard in Florida earlier this year, she could have been any other stray, but she was nothing of the kind. She carried an implanted microchip—one put there by a loving owner—and it revealed an intriguing story: the cat belonged to a local family, had been lost on a trip two months earlier, and had traveled 200 miles (322 km) in that time to arrive back in her hometown. Her journey inspired a spate of articles looking for an explanation for how this one cat, and a few others who’ve made similar trips, managed such impressive feats of navigation. The response from many eminent animal researchers was the same: “No idea.”
Cats’ long-distance travels are relatively rare in the scientific literature, which explains the dearth of answers—at least so far. But that’s not the case for the wanderings of sundry other creatures, especially those that migrate. Such extreme journeys—mapless, compassless, sometimes intercontinental, through places the animals have never seen before—seem nothing short of miraculous. That’s the kind of mystery that gets scientists moving, and move they have, conducting all manner of experiments over the years—locking animals in planetariums, carrying them around in dark boxes, putting them in wading pools wrapped in magnets, and destroying various bits of anatomy to see which piece was the important one. These experiments have yielded fascinating insights into the animal brain and into a world beyond human sensation.
https://science.time.com/2013/02/11/the-mystery-of-the-geolocating-cat/
This post was edited on 7/27/24 at 1:18 pm
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Posted on 7/26/24 at 9:37 pm to Funky Tide 8
kitty
Posted on 7/26/24 at 9:37 pm to Funky Tide 8
It’s a noble tale of sacrifice to travel that far just so the cat can ignore the family they love
Posted on 7/26/24 at 9:40 pm to Funky Tide 8
Cats like free food and having a clean litter box 
Posted on 7/26/24 at 9:40 pm to Funky Tide 8
The hospital I went to was so cheap their cat scan uses real cats
Posted on 7/26/24 at 9:40 pm to Funky Tide 8
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How Do Cats Find There Way Back To Their Owners 100s of Miles Away?
Undefeated
Posted on 7/26/24 at 9:42 pm to MRTigerFan
Because first their here, then there over they’re, and then their home. Easy.
Posted on 7/26/24 at 9:43 pm to Funky Tide 8
And amazing urge to get back to knock shite off their counter and be an a-hole.
This post was edited on 7/26/24 at 10:22 pm
Posted on 7/26/24 at 9:45 pm to Funky Tide 8
Was never a cat person until my daughter got one. They're hilarious. Now I'm a dog and cat person. Raised a kitten and a puppy together and they are now best friends. And yes, the stories of lost cats and dogs finding way home are incredible!
This post was edited on 7/29/24 at 2:00 pm
Posted on 7/26/24 at 9:49 pm to Funky Tide 8
A great movie
Posted on 7/26/24 at 9:52 pm to LSUBFA83
And yet a dog can get lost one yard away
Posted on 7/26/24 at 9:54 pm to Funky Tide 8
Easy answer- they don't. It's a bullshite clickbait article for dumb Kevin's like yourself.
Posted on 7/26/24 at 9:54 pm to CatsGoneWild
I hear stories of cats doing this. They get dropped off far far away and they still end up back weeks later. They even wander off for weeks or a month and eventually come back. They are smart and have 9 lives
Posted on 7/26/24 at 9:55 pm to MRTigerFan
Couldn’t have said it better undefeated
Posted on 7/26/24 at 9:55 pm to Funky Tide 8
My dad told us a story about a cat they had in West Monroe as a kid. They gave it to his uncle down by the old Jones homestead in Caldwell Parish. A week later, the cat shows back up at their house. 50+ mile journey.
CSB
CSB
Posted on 7/26/24 at 9:57 pm to Funky Tide 8
They're motivated by getting back to their owners and promptly fricking shite up as revenge for their carelessness in losing them.
It doesn't matter that Whiskers leapt from the open window of the car at highway speeds out of spite, the owner must be found, and they must pay.
It doesn't matter that Whiskers leapt from the open window of the car at highway speeds out of spite, the owner must be found, and they must pay.
This post was edited on 7/26/24 at 9:58 pm
Posted on 7/26/24 at 10:00 pm to LegendInMyMind
when you bond with a cat, its real
Posted on 7/26/24 at 10:04 pm to deeprig9
Uh, have you seen the movie Strays? Dogs find their way back home too, just ask Doug! lol
Posted on 7/26/24 at 10:10 pm to Funky Tide 8
They’re undefeated.
Duh
Duh
Posted on 7/26/24 at 10:13 pm to OWLFAN86
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when you bond with a cat, its real
This isn't a cat, Owltavius, but it'll have to do.
That dude was moving!
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