Although domestic cats have been domesticated by us, are cats at home really obedient? We still see cats making untimely noises and scurrying around at home, and we are still very annoyed when cats try to catch but can’t catch them after they make troubles. However, if there is a way to make cats obedient and obedient to their owners, they should be very gratified, right? Some netizens claimed that as long as a circle is formed on the ground, the cats will come to occupy it. Is this true?

Recently, a group of cat owners announced that they had discovered a simple way to make cats obedient - just draw on the ground After a circle, the cat will instinctively feel unable to move forward, and then sit in it obediently. According to this theory, cats cannot resist the attraction of circles or similar shapes on the ground, so as long as you use something like chalk, string, tape, or elastic to make a circle about 2 feet in diameter on the ground, the cat will Into the circle, and no matter how to drive away. It may sound unbelievable, but in recent weeks, hundreds of photos and videos have surfaced online of cats trapped in such circles.

The red coil is also OK, the transparent rubber ring is OK, the triangle is OK, even if the pants are taken off, the cat also Drilling in. The two cats will fight for the sovereignty of an inseparable circle... Relevant Weibo broke the news that foreign cat lovers have found a coup that can quickly surround meow people and will experiment The process and results were posted online.  

As soon as the seal experiment of the meow star came out, it was immediately sought after by a large number of fans on Weibo . Many netizens said that it was really curiosity that killed the cat, I can no longer look directly at the cat, and some netizens bluntly said: Reality version surrounded the neural cat and finally staged.

As for draw a circle and meow will get in, the cat slaves have started experiments one after another. Sure enough, some  Meow star was successfully sealed, but at the same time, many netizens declared that the roundup failed. Netizen Isis's Counterattack is a cat lover and has two kittens. She also tested two cats separately, following an online tutorial. After each experiment, one cat was successfully surrounded and squatted inside for a long time without coming out, while the other cat just smelled it and left. However, many other cat slaves were not as lucky as Isis's Counterattack. Netizen mino_glutinous rice also tested it with her own kitten. She placed the skipping rope on the floor, also in an irregular circle, before hiding behind the curtains. But her pet cat Glutinous Rice just got a closer look and left without looking back

So, does this case really prove the effectiveness of cat circles? What is the mysterious reason for the cat circle to control the cat? We all know that just as cats like to climb up and look down, they like the safety of enclosed spaces such as boxes, shopping bags, and cardboard boxes. Also, everyone knows that cats have their favorite places in the house. But none of the experts I've contacted have seen cats get trapped in circles. Professor Daniel Mills, one of the UK's leading experts on animal behaviour, believes that cats are indeed attracted to circles, but only if the circles look like obstacles - such as a ring of seals, a tea towel or a row of socks.

University scholar Lincoln said: A low obstacle can give cats a sense of security because they can curl up in them. If you take your cat to the vet and you keep it in an unfamiliar cage, it will generally sit there if there is a litter box in the cage. The reason for this may be the litter box's The edges are raised so cats can hide their eyes under them, but they don't realize their ears are standing up. This may explain why cats are attracted to raised circles, but not to the ground The flat circle marks the reason for not being interested.

Another plausible explanation has to do with cats' sense of smell, because we all know cats love to smell. They mark the boundaries of their territory with their excrement, and they rub boxes, furniture, and even humans with the scent glands on their cheeks to claim them. Professor Mills said: If you tape a circle out on the ground, you're giving the cat a smell that interests him, and that smell might be interesting to him. But attract the cat to the circle. It may not be this unfamiliar smell, and if a cat feels safe and not too timid, anything new can arouse its interest. Vicky Halls, a cat behavior consultant and best-selling author, believes that most cats are naturally curious -- especially when they're in their own safe territory. She said: The cat is a solitary survivalist, it does not depend on the group to survive, so when it sees something new, it can only figure out whether it is safe or not, but it also depends on the Does a cat have enough self-confidence. From a survival point of view, it is a very stupid behavior for a cat to completely ignore or dismiss new things. So the question arises again, what is the cause of the cat's curiosity? Is it the act of drawing the circle itself, or the tape on the ground? Dr Henlen Zulch, an expert on animal behaviour, said: There's an old saying 'curiosity killed the cat' if you're interested in anything , which will also make the cat more interested in the event. If you focus on the circle on the ground, bold cats who are interested in new things may lean over and focus their attention on you.

Duan, a domestic expert and associate professor of zoology at the Rongchang Campus of Southwest University, explained that this is a kind of learning behavior of cats, and the results are A lot of randomness. For this kind of behavior of cats, cats that exist as pets generally have some kind of master-slave relationship with their owners, and cats get certain instructions through the owner's body language and eyes. For example, if the owner draws a circle on the ground, at this time, the cat will act as if he was instructed to sit in and get some kind of reward. Mr. Duan explained that this is a bit similar to the owner's training, and he pointed out that, The test is done by the owner himself, and the success rate will be higher.