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Cats have nearly 300 facial expressions, including a 'play face' they share with humans (www.livescience.com)
submitted 10 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/science@beehaw.org
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[–] millie@beehaw.org 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Here's the actual article this one is a lazy rewrite of.

https://www.science.org/content/article/cats-have-nearly-300-facial-expressions

[–] supercriticalcheese@feddit.it 13 points 10 months ago

And the scientific article if someone has access to it... for science! https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376635723001419?

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 9 points 10 months ago

Funny how the rewrite took a sentence almost verbatim but decided "no, the Cheshire cat joke has to go"

[–] sqgl@beehaw.org 15 points 10 months ago

If ever an article could do with illustrations...

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure all my cats only have "I'm cute, pet me" face.

[–] Kajo@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

They have 300 facial expressions for that.