CATS HAVE PERSONALITIES – DID YOU KNOW THIS?

A team from the University of Helsinki say they’ve identified seven distinct personality and behavioral traits which cats display regularly. (* Well, they have to do SOMETHING during those long winter nights up in Finland.) They realized that, obviously, cats behave differently in a lab than when they’re at home, so, using a comprehensive questionnaire of cat owners, researchers examined the behavior of over 4,300 cats across 26 different breeds. The team examined cat personality and behavior through a collection of 138 questions to their owners. The study authors spotted seven specific states that felines display:
– Activity/playfulness
– Fearfulness
– Aggression towards humans
– Sociability towards humans
– Sociability towards cats
– Litterbox issues (relieving themselves in inappropriate places or displaying poor litterbox cleanliness)
– Excessive grooming
* They left off sleeping and vomiting.
* Literally every one of these traits could also be applied to a teenager.
* They mailed out about 4,000 questionnaires. How could anyone possibly dig any deeper?
* Once again, very insightful discoveries from university scientists. How’s that cancer cure coming?

From the questionaire, they also learned this:
– The most fearful breed was the Russian Blue, while the Abyssinian was the least fearful.
– The Bengal was the most active breed, while the Persian and Exotic were the most passive.
– The breeds exhibiting the most excessive grooming were the Siamese and Balinese.
– The Turkish Van breed scored considerably higher in aggression towards humans and lower in sociability towards cats.
* The breeds who are the biggest jerks, doing stuff like knocking everything off a table, are all of them.
* What’s the breed most likely to stop in front of you as you walk down the stairs with a hamper of laundry?