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by candiodari 2827 days ago
I visited a cat convention first time 3 years ago, since me and my wife have gotten "a few" cats. It was incredibly striking just how similar cats can be. Every 10th booth there was a cat looking, and acting like one of our cats. Down to the looks, whether they sat straight or crooked, the sounds they made and what catches their attention and what they ignore.

It was almost scary that those cats didn't recognise us. I had to hold the "what have you done to my cat!" down more than a few times.

I often wonder if people are similar. That there's really only 1000 different humans or so, and the rest are copies that recognise different people and places. Because for cats, that's definitely the case.