in the bluff

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

5 May 2015 - This photo can be disorienting, but the translucent thing near the bottom edge, in the right half of the picture, suggests the correct interpretation.  Creature intelligence can be ball-parked by observing first-contact reactions to a mirror.  A youngster will often  take its reflection to be another of its kind, despite the lack of other sensory data to back that up.  Aggressive behavior then follows:  in the case of a kitten, turning sideways, bristling, and fisticuffs.  Some never do figure it out, others ignore it as meaningless, and a very few use the looking glass to look...whether at "themselves" or at the refracted world.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

First impressions should

be followed up.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

phrase of the day - tortoiseshell game, a deceptive ploy intended to amuse a cat, that is very briefly entertaining