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Wag · Nov 22, 2015

http://www.9news.com/story/life/pets/2015/10/29/cats-can-be-neurotic/74808046/

KUSA - Cats. They're awesome. They're cuddly. And, according to new research, they are neurotic.

Researchers from the University of Edinburgh teamed with the Bronx Zoo to compare the personalities of the domestic house cat to those of different types of wildcats. In order to better understand cat personalities, cat experts rated a number of animals' behaviors using the "Big-Five" human personality traits:

Openness to Experience
Conscientiousness
Extraversion/Introversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism

From the "no shit" category of science- So essentially if you owned a 50lb house cat you'd be breakfast.🙀

BreezyLimbo · Nov 22, 2015

Your beds trying to kill you
Cats are trying to kill you
Food will kill you

Just pack it up, it's all over. Humanity is finished.

Unstable · Nov 22, 2015

BreezyLimbo said:
Your beds trying to kill you
Cats are trying to kill you
Food will kill you

Just pack it up, it's all over. Humanity is finished.

We had a good run.

ItIsOkBro · Nov 22, 2015

BreezyLimbo said:
Your beds trying to kill you
Cats are trying to kill you
Food will kill you

Just pack it up, it's all over. Humanity is finished.

Beds don't kill people people kill people

jman2050 · Nov 22, 2015

Dogs rule cats drool.

JCX · Nov 22, 2015

ItIsOkBro said:
Beds don't kill people people kill people

The only thing stopping a bad guy with a bed is a good guy with a bed.

ExVicis · Nov 22, 2015

JCX said:
The only thing stopping a bad guy with a bed is a good guy with a bed.

We need more pro bed-carrying laws!

Also I figured Cats were murderous. They're barely domesticated as far as I'm concerned. If cats figured they could take us they wouldn't even hesitate.

SilentRacoon · Nov 22, 2015

ItIsOkBro said:
Beds don't kill people people kill people

If only everyone had a bed this could be avoidable.

Aselith · Nov 22, 2015

This is why always lift in front of my cat. Beat those gains, Mittens, and you are welcome to be alpha.

Admiral Woofington · Nov 22, 2015

JCX said:
The only thing stopping a bad guy with a bed is a good guy with a bed.

All I'm saying is more people die by smoking than by bed

Also sucks for cat owners. A general rule of dog is the bigger the dog the more likely it's cuddly and a giant baby.

i_am_ben · Nov 22, 2015

but the right amount of cat is actually good for you.

Tesseract · Nov 22, 2015

i don't buy it, my cat bumps heads with me

idgaf either way, it's love

Aselith · Nov 22, 2015

Admiral Woofington said:
All I'm saying is more people die by smoking than by bed

Also sucks for cat owners. A general rule of dog is the bigger the dog the more likely it's cuddly and a giant baby.

My research indicates that cats rule and dogs drool.

BladeoftheImmortal · Nov 22, 2015

My cat had his teeth removed because of stomatitis. So jokes on him.

Vegito · Nov 22, 2015

BreezyLimbo said:
Your beds trying to kill you
Cats are trying to kill you
Food will kill you

Just pack it up, it's all over. Humanity is finished.

zeemumu · Nov 22, 2015

Sometimes, dead is better.

Admiral Woofington · Nov 22, 2015

Aselith said:
My research indicates that cats rule and dogs drool.

your research must've been done by COMMUNISM

Citadelofmythoughts · Nov 22, 2015

So, my cat is trying to kill me by crawling onto my lap and purring?

Doesn't seem to be a very efficient method.

Jarrod38 · Nov 22, 2015

There is even a book about it.

Makai · Nov 22, 2015

I'm guessing cats are:

High Openness
Low Conscientiousness
Low Extroversion
Low Agreeableness
High Neuroticism

Avixph · Nov 22, 2015

That's why people should trow their cats in the garbage and get a dog.

Princess Viola · Nov 22, 2015

i don't buy this anti-cat propaganda put out by the dog media

Replicant · Nov 22, 2015

All I know is that they do tend to develop MPD if they don't get what they want.

My cat can go from cuddly and clingy to wanting to chew my hand all of a sudden. One moment he wants me to pet him and another moment he turns annoyed when I do it again.

Violet_0 · Nov 22, 2015

as long as I carry a cucumber, I'm invulnerable

comedy bomb · Nov 22, 2015

Cats are also master hackers. With the click of only a few keys, they can bring up shit I've not ever seen before or since.

Mik2121 · Nov 22, 2015

comedy bomb said:
Cats are also master hackers. With the click of only a few keys, they can bring up shit I've not ever seen before or since.

This. My cat has been able to display Windows menus I had never seen.

Sheroking · Nov 22, 2015

I, for one, enjoy the friendly competition for my life.

Yrael · Nov 22, 2015

Funnily enough, this was reported by ABC Australia last month with the headline: "Is your cat trying to kill you? Probably not, but it does share personality traits with the African lion."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-...lion-but-it-is-not-trying-to-kill-you/6903064

Researchers at Edinburgh University worked in collaboration with the Bronx Zoo to compare the behaviour of domestic cats with their much larger, wild relatives and found the two shared strikingly similar personality traits.

But although the cat may essentially be a miniature lion, one of the researchers, Marieke Gartner, has cleared up just how far those similarities go and whether your dearly beloved pet views you as prey or not.

To suggest your cat actually wants to kill you would be "a pretty far stretch", Dr Gartner told CNET.

"Cats don't want to bump you off," she said.

"But people often don't know how to treat them and then are surprised by their behaviour."

soco · Nov 22, 2015

this is exactly why people love cats.

BTM · Nov 22, 2015

Is NeoGAF trying to kill me though? This is the important question.

sirap · Nov 22, 2015

Good. I have 8 cats, I like to live on the edge.

Couleurs · Nov 22, 2015

Citadelofmythoughts said:
So, my cat is trying to kill me by crawling onto my lap and purring?

Doesn't seem to be a very efficient method.

Cats like to play around with their victims. Its just waiting patiently for you to let your guard down then it's all over

Not my baby though, she's different

mollipen · Nov 22, 2015

Avixph said:
That's why people should trow their cats in the garbage and get a dog.

Throw something of value in the trash to receive literal trash in return? Sounds like a terrible deal.

Veldin · Nov 22, 2015

What if we're actually already dead though? Think about that.

The Silver · Nov 22, 2015

BTM said:
Is NeoGAF trying to kill me though? This is the important question.

prolonged GAF posting/lurking has been has been known to cause cyber cancer researchers say.

FUBAR McDangles · Nov 22, 2015

Cats are worthless disgusting creatures so no I am not surprised.

GrotesqueBeauty · Nov 22, 2015

Well, we've already designated every type of human behavior under the sun as some sort of psychological disorder. Guess it's time to start pigeonholing everything other animals do as some sort of aberrant psychosis now.

Next up: Plants are lurking menaces that thrive on the death and decay of other life forms! If your potted flower could behead you, eat your still beating heart, and suck the marrow from your bones as your last moments of consciousness were a symphony of pain and suffering, it probably would! Science, yo!

Anyway, I'm off to vote unironically for one of the unambiguously sociopathic power mongers we call "political leaders". I personally favor the one who has the platitudes that best hide their utter contempt for the vast swath of humanity! *tap dances out*

H.Protagonist · Nov 22, 2015

I have two cats. One is a total goober, the other probably is trying to kill me. Keeps things exciting!

QuantumDerp · Nov 22, 2015

Your body kill you by aging beyond the point of no return.

xenist · Nov 22, 2015

That's why I like cats more than dogs. Wolves would hang their head in shame at seeing what submissive bitches dogs have become.

LookAtMeGo · Nov 22, 2015

So you're saying I should kill my cat before it kills me?

m_dorian · Nov 22, 2015

You only had to ask a few cat owners.

SchrodingerC · Nov 22, 2015

They...they're not that murderous, just a little hyper.

echoshifting · Nov 22, 2015

Tell me something I don't know, Science

Ryaaan14 · Nov 22, 2015

It's a known fact that domestic cats eat the corpses of their dead owners.

If that's not clue enough for u then idk what is

Edit: Proud cat owner

Bert409 · Nov 22, 2015

Cats aren't the ones attempting to maul babies every week, despite being capable to doing so. I'd trust a Maine Coon over a Pit Bull any day.

PillarEN · Nov 22, 2015

Bert409 said:
Cats aren't the ones attempting to maul babies every week, despite being capable to doing so. I'd trust a Maine Coon over a Pit Bull any day.

Yes. Maine Coon over any animal

PK Gaming · Nov 22, 2015

i_am_ben said:
but the right amount of cat is actually good for you.

Never forget

Karl Hawk · Nov 22, 2015

PK Gaming said:
Never forget

And some gaffers have a fucking raging boner for dogs over cats. Plough that

everyday math · Nov 22, 2015

Bert409 said:
Cats aren't the ones attempting to maul babies every week, despite being capable to doing so. I'd trust a Maine Coon over a Pit Bull any day.

PillarEN said:
Yes. Maine Coon over any animal

*looks at my Maine Coon and agrees*

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