Here kitty kitty

Science explains: How to actually befriend a cat

by JoAnna Wendel

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If you’re not a cat-lover, i can be hard to understand the particular aloofness of cats.

They beg for attention and then reject us when we give it, or they seem to actively avoid their human owners.

JOSE LUIS ROCA / Stringer

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