“He is the best of me. The last of me.”
Felis catus is your taxonomic nomenclature,
An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature;
Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses
Contribute to your hunting skills and natural defenses.I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations,
A singular development of cat communications
That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection
For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection.A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents;
You would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance.
And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion,
It often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion.O Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display
Connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array.
And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend,
I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend.I don’t know what tune it’s supposed to be sung to, but I read it in this cadence:
I’ve always thought that someone (a writer on the programme, I assume), did such a fine job of this.
The writer even theorized that not enough people knew the definition of obviate so that by the 24th century the meaning had changed completely to mean “makes obvious”.
pretty sure the biting means to drop him
Some cats bite to show affection. My little guy has been happily chewing on my knuckles since the day we found him starving in the streets. He’s not particularly gentle about it either, but he’s all purrs while doing it.
One thing I like about the cats I had is that those that weren’t gentle when playing didn’t expect gentleness either. The moment they started to bite too hard I could smack them, they would look at me for two seconds without leaving my lap and get back to bite me not as hard.
i mean i know there are cats that are gonna cat but all of my cats i’ve ever had have done this. they bite (or suckle. or nibble. or whatever you want to call it) to show affection. usually while kneading with their claws. sometimes in the middle of getting pets or giving licks, just a quick bite then back to pets or licks. my current soulcat, half the time she likes to take a nap burying her face in my palm with her eyes closed and her paws wrapped around my hand giving me a hug. the other half of the time she’s chewing on my wrist while kneading her claws into my boob through the fuzzy blanket because apparently she’s a boob cat. fucking ow if i don’t have the fuzzy blanket rolled up enough though. those teensy claws are sharp.
That really depends on the cat. I know someone with a cat that likes biting noses, and it has nothing to do with wanting to be put down. They really like being held. They just also really like biting noses.
“Got yer nose!” - ^⊥^
I have an orange butthead who likes to bite but I have mostly trained him out of it, which really means he still does it but very gently or just grazes you with a fang.
I mean, who wouldn’t? How satisfying that would be if it weren’t painful for the other. Tyson went for the ear, but probably just because trying a nose bite in a fight invites a head-butted.
Our void will bite you if she thinks you’re about to stop paying attention to her.
My sibling has a cat named Stumpy. Stumpy has all limbs and a full tail, he got his name because he was found in a tree stump as a kitten. Stumpy is an attention whore and loves being pet and held. While holding and petting Stumpy, he will attack your hand because he loves the attention
My kid still tries to bite me when he gets too excited.
