What We Humans Can Learn From Cats

As a new owner of an adorable kitten, Maosie Malouse, I realize how we humans, with our advanced brains, capacity for language, nuclear bomb creation, and public relations strategies, have a lot to learn about basic human skills from a non-human 9-week old kitty.

1. Maosie is not afraid to jump to great heights. She is also not afraid to fall down from them.

2. With as much energy as they have, kittens know how to be completely still.

3. Kittens learn to keep themselves clean, innately. For us humans, it is a different matter all together.

4. Maosie know every nook and hidden enclave of her territory, better than her owner. She stayed hidden
underneath the oven before I found her there, hiding patiently.

5. Cats and kittens may seem like gluttons for affection but I don’t think they are. Maosie requires my attention for
only a couple of minutes. Any other affection she exhibits is reciprocated from the attention I give her first.

6. Cats have strong backbones. I accidentally stepped on my kitten yesterday. Apart from a possible newfound
suspicion of her owner’s love, she came out of it unharmed.

7. They are very inquisitive. They are also quick learners. In the case of cat vs. dog, they definitely have the upper
hand.

8. A cat only uses its claws when necessary.

9. The first couple days of life with Maosie, she cried at night and was fearful of her surroundings. She has now
adapted and doesn’t hide behind the oven anymore. In the case of cat vs. human, cats are way more adaptable.

10. My kitten is only 9 weeks old and she knows that crap only belongs in her litterbox.