Contrary to what is often claimed, cats are very social animals and they view us as a family. We are often their big adoptive parents or their clumsy adoptive kittens.
Cats can be very loving and want a lot of attention. Pats and cuddles are part of it and we give them a lot of love when they are close to us.
Cats use different gestures to express that we belong to them. A cat will rub its tail and flanks against your leg, rub the corner of its mouth or chin against objects, and rub its forehead against your body because its pheromones are released there. So your cuddly cat shows other cats 'He belongs to me, just don't touch him or there is trouble!'. The marking also works in both directions, not only the person is marked, but also the cat gets the smell of human beings and thus says to other cats 'I belong to that!'.
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Another way in which cats show their affiliation with us is by staying close to us or right at us. This way your cat can protect you, show other cats that your love belongs entirely to her and that he will not tolerate strangers and your cat knows that you will protect her.
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The main reason why cats like to lie with us is very simple:
We produce heat. The ancestor of our domestic cats - the fallow cat lives in Africa and is perfectly adapted for life at high temperatures in the desert. They give off body heat quickly and use a lot of valuable energy to maintain their body temperature.
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The body temperature of a cat is 38 -39.3 ° Celsius - higher than that of humans. Cats like to stay in warm places so that their bodies are warmed from the outside and they use less energy. We humans are always so warm, our cats love to lie next to or on us and use our warmth.
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