Cat-cam shows what kitty does when you're not there
Posted on December 07, 2009 14:39
What do cats do when we're away? The "cat-cam" was designed to reveal just that. (And, apparently, it's not all that much different than what they do when we're here....)
Fifty house cats were given collar cameras that took a photo every 15 minutes, in this study of sorts for Nestle Purina.
Based on the photos, about 22 percent of the cats' time was spent looking out of windows, 12 percent was used to interact with other family pets and 8 percent was spent climbing on chairs or kitty condos. Just 6 percent of their hours were spent sleeping.
The 777 photos studied by Jill Villarreal, an animal behavior scientist who collected the data, showed the cats looking at a television, computer, DVDs or other media 6 percent of the time and hiding under tables 6 percent of the time.
Coming in at 5 percent was playing with toys; eating or looking at food finished at 4 percent.
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