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Your Cat Is Being Nice? Think Again. A new study finds that sometimes cats groom each other specifically to be annoying.

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/science/cat-grooming-licking-research.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w1A.GeAv.VKJUEw63TqLO

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  • Admetus@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I feel like almost every bit of research that comes out just proves cats are assholes.

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    • OpenStars@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “*almost*”?!?

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      • frank@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Some of it is inconclusive

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    • applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      like we dont love them for it. be honest youve pet a cat just to annoy them before. my cats definitely yell at me just to annoy me. when they do it i sometimes annoy them by picking them up and giving them lots of kisses or turning them upside down lol. the joy of living with cats is their complex personalities, and part of that is them being kind of an asshole sometimes, but turnabout is fair play.

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      • Kushan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Real cat owner here.

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  • MagisterSieran@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh, absolutely. My cat will often start grooming the other just to start a fight.

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  • psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Omg my one cat is this bitch, he will groom my other cat and then bite them. He will also lick me to annoy the hell out of me no matter how hard i protest it. Love that fucker to death tho.

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    • Blablablabum@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      One of ours does the same, it look so cute and then - BITE. After 5 years the other cat have started to just hiss at him after af few licks.

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  • proudblond@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Every scientific headline I see about cats just confirms what cat owners already know.

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  • Ilixtze@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I read somewhere that cats see grooming another cat as domineering behavior. So cats are basically telling you what to do and to get a better job/get your shit together

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  • lath@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Kids acting nice just to be annoying.

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  • Midnitte@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My cat will do this to me sometimes - fucking painful to keep licking the same spot

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  • RebekahWSD@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Use to have cats that would do that lol. Grooming just to be a twit and start a fight!

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  • chgxvjh@hexbear.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    catgirl-peace

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