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azazyel
Whenever I was on vacation away from my cat I'd ask any stray to ask King Tybalt to let my cat know I missed him and was coming home soon
FuckGlitter
If her cat wasnt gone long its likely that she had her cats scent on her as well as distress and since cats commune in their own ways my very unscientific hypothesis would be that the strays smell her cat, then find that cat and "tell" it that its pet is sad looking for them.
Mysocksnevermatch
Kafka on the Shore by Murakami has this
StevenAlleyn
“Heard you were asking about me?”
Firestar002
I heard cats can actually understand us. They’re just assholes. Of course the study was said that one cat actually fell asleep mid-test and I’m like “you’re telling me you didn’t have a specific box for the ‘cat falls asleep’ category? It’s a cat. Always assume it will nap.”
LittleAzie
There's been a few studies like that. The latest and most likely idea is they don't understand the words quite as good, except for often used one like no, their name, treat. Instead when talking to them they understand tone more.
nurmich
You can tell she's feline quite the sense of relief.
NunyaBNess1
Groan. Take your upvote.
Howlingowl
I’d run too if my human had nails like that
Lombax369
Jellicles Can and Jellicles Do
GasBandit
I wonder if the scent on the phone had more to do with it than the image
intaglioguy
Set the cat litter box outside. They'll return to it.
Telemapus
CAT COUNCIL: There's a lady being weird in the streets with a glowy rectangle.
CAT WHO JOINED COUNCIL JUST RECENTLY: Okay fine, I'll go home.
PineappleLoopsBroether
I just spent the last 3 minutes thinking about the realistic linguistics between these cats that could happen to communicate this…. Which is a little silly but, upon recognizing the lost kitty, their words would be “your human sad”
Bundalicious
Just in time to be made into dinner.
DrDrewsph
Anyone else notice her fingernails?
boumboum34
Reminds me of a Muppets song. "The cat came back, the very next day. The cat came back, he wouldn't stay away..."
rshini
the song well predates the Muppets but trivia: that skit was one of the few that had Gaffer the Backstage Cat as a character (Generally Gaffer is in the background and is basically a training muppet for new cast members to practice on)
Thorketil
What language does she speak? It's not Japanese, is it?
InitHello
I'm almost certain it's not Japanese.
philmoregraves
Not shitting on this feel good but I dont think the woman is speaking Japanese. I mean I barely speak English so im not the best reference. Also idk that it matters for the context either bc its only stupid if it doesn't work right?
keyblader1985
It didn't really sound like Japanese to me, but the post didn't actually say she was. It just spoke of Japanese folklore.
philmoregraves
I mean true
Komrad23
It's true! Cats do gossip
Murdertron5000
They're little chatter bugs
thenetbear
Cats may talk shit, but they don’t talk to cops
freezingpilot
Cats notoriously do not like rats!
Jimthebutler
Cats are very much social creatures, im not sure that the correlation points towards causation here, but im glad she got her cat back.
MithridateEupator
It's probably mostly that cats just come back after a while.
DancingSwine
Maybe her cat was able to pick up her sent from the cats who rubbed on her phone ?
iDrawStuff
I don't care. I love cats. I'm riding the correlation > causation train in this instance for a far as it will take me.
cousteau
Yeah there's a distinct chance that the cat just went for a hike or a mini adventure and got back when it got bored/hungry.
LostCaterpillar
Curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought it back.
Feralkyn
My s/o and i feed the strays here (there's not many & they're pretty well off) and one brought me a fresh sandwich one day. Still dunno where she got it but she's my cat now
Isthe4thtimethecharm
Did you eat the sandwich?
ChristosMylordos
It would be rude not to
Feralkyn
No but I PRETENDED TO