...but cats also, at least in domestic situations, live in the perfect welfare state. Their needs are met by others. In my neighborhood, they wander from house to house, mendicants grazing for alms left in bowls on the porches.
Easy to 'just be' when someone else puts the food and water out.
There's been some research on this subject... when domestic cats are placed into situations where they must hunt and otherwise forage for themselves, taking responsibility for their own survival and well-being, they cluster into workplace task groups where they spread rumors about each other's personal lives, circulate 'who's hot and who's not' lists of co-cats, spam each other's email with 'Proud to be a Bush Republican" Flash animations and snark about each other's fur markings.
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