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Weezy_Tha_Don
07/17/24 6:26:16 PM
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its 97 outside right now, and both my cats are lying on the window sill with the sun beaming on them full blast. I have no idea how they do it

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divot1338
07/17/24 6:27:01 PM
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They lick themselves downstairs.

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GeminiDeus
07/17/24 6:27:41 PM
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Cats also pant. Cats internal body temperature is like 102 degrees F, so 97 isn't hot to them.

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LonelyStoner
07/17/24 6:27:54 PM
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Cats have an extremely high tolerance and comfortability level for heat.

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TMOG
07/17/24 6:28:01 PM
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Cats are naturally cool
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LonelyStoner
07/17/24 6:28:22 PM
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GeminiDeus posted...
Cats also pant. Cats internal body temperature is like 102 degrees F, so 97 isn't hot to them.
They usually only pant out of distress though.

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lorddrakath1522
07/17/24 6:31:26 PM
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Mine lay on the ground cause it's cool.

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HairyQueen
07/17/24 6:31:55 PM
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Cats descend from literal lions though so they can handle the heat.

Yes all cats do

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DarthDemented
07/17/24 6:33:39 PM
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GeminiDeus posted...
Cats also pant. Cats internal body temperature is like 102 degrees F, so 97 isn't hot to them.
This, you just don't see it til it's almost time to get them treatment.

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HylianFox
07/17/24 6:34:11 PM
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TMOG posted...
Cats are naturally cool


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GeminiDeus
07/17/24 6:35:02 PM
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LonelyStoner posted...
They usually only pant out of distress though.
Some cats I've owned in the past would play so much, like chasing a toy around, they would pant. Was I actually causing them stress in those situations?

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LonelyStoner
07/17/24 6:35:06 PM
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HairyQueen posted...
Cats descend from literal lions though so they can handle the heat.

Yes all cats do

We all knew that.

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pedro45
07/17/24 6:37:47 PM
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TMOG posted...
Cats are naturally cool

My cats did pant in summer a lot though. it gets over 100 all the time here though.
You could tell they wouldn't wanna go outside for the restroom sometimes. Then again, they'd do the same for the rain, but rarely ever for the cold.

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LonelyStoner
07/17/24 6:38:36 PM
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GeminiDeus posted...
Some cats I've owned in the past would play so much, like chasing a toy around, they would pant. Was I actually causing them stress in those situations?
Its not always due to distress, but it is difficult to get a cat to pant from exercise or overheating. If your cat is panting you should keep an eye on them just to be safe.

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GeminiDeus
07/17/24 6:41:10 PM
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LonelyStoner posted...
Its not always due to distress, but it is difficult to get a cat to pant from exercise or overheating. If your cat is panting you should keep an eye on them just to be safe.
Alright, good to keep in mind. My current boys are in good health so hopefully they never end up panting. The cat I remember panting from playing was from well over 15 years ago and is no longer alive, but I'm fairly certain it was just a one-time occurrence.

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HairyQueen
07/17/24 6:57:43 PM
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LonelyStoner posted...
We all knew that.
I bet one person didnt know it. At least one

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voldothegr8
07/17/24 7:04:15 PM
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You've never seen a cat pant?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/--UmGWf34-4

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Metal_Gear_Raxis
07/17/24 7:07:52 PM
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Like others have said, cats have a very high tolerance for heat, and their fur is a natural insulator. There's a you tube vid of a cat's tail catching on fire and all it does is look at it in a kind of "huh, that's interesting" sorta way. The dog that watches it happen gets more upset.

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DementedDurian
07/17/24 7:11:53 PM
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On the flip side, they don't like the cold. Even Risaad of Skyrim mentions the cold gets to him.

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GeminiDeus
07/17/24 7:13:38 PM
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DementedDurian posted...
On the flip side, they don't like the cold. Even Risaad of Skyrim mentions the cold gets to him.
Yeah, and my boys always sleep very close to me in the winter and when the AC makes my room comfortably cold for me.

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vycebrand2
07/17/24 7:14:35 PM
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LonelyStoner posted...
Cats have an extremely high tolerance and comfortability level for heat.
You think that might be evolution? Sand Cats are related to the domestic cat.

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Doe
07/17/24 7:15:53 PM
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LonelyStoner posted...
We all knew that.
I didn't know.

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HairyQueen
07/18/24 7:40:57 AM
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Doe posted...
I didn't know.
See, LonelyStoner? Do you see now?

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mustachedmystic
07/18/24 7:44:37 AM
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HairyQueen posted...
I bet one person didnt know it. At least one
Wait, people think house cats evolved from lions? They did not.

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dave_is_slick
07/18/24 9:26:09 AM
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LonelyStoner posted...
They usually only pant out of distress though.
I don't think that's true. My cats would pant after playing for a long time.

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dave_is_slick
07/18/24 9:26:58 AM
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LonelyStoner posted...
Its not always due to distress, but it is difficult to get a cat to pant from exercise or overheating. If your cat is panting you should keep an eye on them just to be safe.
Not true.

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TyVulpine
07/18/24 9:27:53 AM
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HairyQueen posted...
Cats descend from literal lions though so they can handle the heat.

Yes all cats do
They descended from wildcats, not lions.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-taming-of-the-cat/

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Were_Wyrm
07/18/24 9:48:14 AM
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Cats are solar powered, they can handle a lot of heat.

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Ar0ge
07/18/24 9:52:08 AM
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HairyQueen posted...
Cats descend from literal lions though so they can handle the heat.

Yes all cats do

That's not even remotely true. Lions and cats aren't even in the same branch within felidae.
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wackyteen
07/18/24 9:54:30 AM
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Cats love (direct) heat.

Obviously they can overheat but generally speaking, an otherwise healthy cat will be able to tolerate being in direct sunlight or in temperatures a human may find uncomfortable.

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Newave
07/18/24 9:55:16 AM
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cats are originally desert animals, so most places on earth are in fact a lot colder than their original natural habitat

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thisworld
07/18/24 1:11:05 PM
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HairyQueen posted...
Cats descend from literal lions though so they can handle the heat.

Incorrect! Please don't talk nonsense about things you know nothing about. We have enough misinformation these days already.

Here's a quick lesson in taxonomy. Lions are known as Panthera leo while domesticated cats Felis catus. Both Panthera leo and Felis catus belong to felidae family like this:
This is lion:
Felidae [family] --> Pantherinae [subfamily] --> Panthera [genus] --> Panthera leo [species]

This is domesticated cat:
Felidae [family] --> Felinae [subfamily] --> Felis [genus] --> Felis catus [species]
To put it simply, both cats and lions share a common ancestor but cats do not descend from lions. See their subfamily.

Just for fun let's see dogs & wolves. Dogs are known as Canis lupus familiaris. It belongs to canidae family like this:
This is dog:
Canidae [family] --> Canis [genus] --> Canis lupus [species] --> Canis lupus familiaris [subspecies]
Do you see Canis lupus above? That's wolf or to be precise, gray wolf from Eurasia and North America. To put it simply, dogs do descend from (gray) wolves.
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divot1338
07/18/24 4:15:47 PM
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thisworld posted...
Incorrect! Please don't talk nonsense about things you know nothing about. We have enough misinformation these days already.

Here's a quick lesson in taxonomy. Lions are known as Panthera leo while domesticated cats Felis catus. Both Panthera leo and Felis catus belong to felidae family like this:
To put it simply, both cats and lions share a common ancestor but cats do not descend from lions. See their subfamily.

Just for fun let's see dogs & wolves. Dogs are known as Canis lupus familiaris. It belongs to canidae family like this:
Do you see Canis lupus above? That's wolf or to be precise, gray wolf from Eurasia and North America. To put it simply, dogs do descend from (gray) wolves.
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