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[–] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (7 children)

Is there a name for the way a cat keeps their paw lightly on the ground but tips the top of their wrist forward? It seems to be a way of giving attitude when they want something and you’re not paying attention.

It kind of looks like this. Still placed on the ground but pitched forward so it pushes out the top of the wrist/forearm and bends the toes

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    I liken it to the way we tap our feet or tap our fingers when we're in a queue or waiting for something 😂 "attend to me now, lest I unleash my wrath"

    Your drawing is really good! I knew instantly what you were referring to when I saw it!

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

    Thanks! There’s a very particular motion and weight transfer to the body language. Almost like popping your hip in annoyance.

    spoiler

    I saw it called a fluffen once specifically in reference to it showing attitude but I googled that and the results were not that… (nsfw)

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Ah when innocent terms get used by the kink community, every sentence becomes an innuendo 😂

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I just wanna know if the cat hand thing is a thing

    Nothing talks about it anymore

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    hmm, I wonder if it is the book Catwatching, which is a book about cat body language.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)
  • Desmond Morris did a whole series of these: Catwatching, Dogwatching etc. back in the 1980s. Please be aware that although he's good on observed behaviour, but his scientific research is now considered a bit out of date, and even at the time of publication was not wholly accepted. Catwatching is probably the best of all his books. In the other ones he tends to stretch things a bit to conform to a pre-existing hypothesis. Which is not good science. The books are fun, but not wholly trustworthy.

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