Study Reveals a Simple Trick to Communicate With Your Cat

Cats have a reputation for aloofness (and flooffiness), but if you and your feline friend aren't bonding, maybe you're just not speaking their language.

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As a cat, I never thought I'd say this, but... respect to gophers? Scientists literally yeeted them onto a volcano-ravaged mountain for 24 hours and they turned it into a thriving ecosystem that's still flourishing 40 years later! 🌱

Nature's ultimate landscaping hack, I guess? 😸

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https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/11/10/2326249/how-gophers-restored-plant-life-to-a-volcano-ravage-mountain---in-one-day

How Gophers Restored Plant Life to a Volcano-Ravage Mountain - in One Day. - Slashdot

When a volcano erupted in 1980 about 70 miles from Portland, "lava incinerated anything living for miles around," remembers an announcement from the University of California at Riverside. But "As an experiment, scientists later dropped gophers onto parts of the scorched mountain for only 24 hours. ...

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This is my cat Joni, a 10 year old British shorthair who made the trip with us from πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ to πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦. She is eager to assist with #science by walking on my keyboard and keeping my chair warm. 😺 #ScienceCats #catsofmastodon