There is plenty of medical evidence to suggest that this is the case. When humans stroke their warm-blooded companion animals, there is a reduction in stress levels, heart rate and blood pressure levels. Cats can easily become the living equivalent of ‘comfort blankets’ to people because they are soft, warm and furry, and because the relationship would appear to be motivated by love alone.
The apparent altruism is not without ulterior motives on the part of the cats, however, because they clearly have feline agendas that include ‘possession’, ‘access to resources’ (food, warmth and protection) and potential ‘control’ over the human-feline relationship. The unconditional aspect of loving a companion animal is probably that a cat will never ‘inform’ on its owner for any behavior or tell another human being what has been said to it by the owner, and will never be judgemental.
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1 Susan from UK web developers // Apr 27, 2008 at 4:57 am
But why my cat has to wake me up in the middle of the night, because he want to be stoked and he wants to play:-)
2 Christine // Jul 7, 2008 at 8:52 am
I know that whenever I pet my cat I do feel better…there is just something warm and comforting about petting a purring cat,and I always feel better when she licks my hand and head bunts me to pet her more.It makes me feel loved.
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