Is Your Cat Left-Handed?
August 7th, 2009
Ever wondered why little Tiddles never gives you a high five? Perhaps its because you’re putting out the wrong hand.
Psychologists from Queen’s University in Belfast have discovered that much like people, cats can be either right or left handed. The feline-curious researchers set cats different tasks including retrieving tuna from jars too small for their heads, pawing at a toy mouse suspended from a string or watching which hand they write with (okay I made that one up). Different sexes of cats tended to favour different paws, with females favouring the right paw and males favouring the left.
Two conclusions can be reached from these findings:
- Cats can be either right or left pawed.
- Scientists have too much time on their hands.
Cats can be left-handed – who knew?! Mind you though, No. 4 Cat is a leftie, I’m sure of it.
I’m not sure if Angel is left or right handed. When she tries to steal our food, we often catch her red handed!
Oh dear! Why is that cat’s arm growing out of it’s face! Aargh mutant cat!!