The Snapchat cat filter shows how little we know about cat cognition

Apologies to Taylor Swift and Andrew Lloyd Webber, but the most interesting cat content online right now is a Snapchat filter that lets humans try on a feline face. The resulting clips are adorable, confounding, and a great example of just how little we know about cat cognition. this video of cats reacting to cat face filter has me crying. pic.twitter.com/pNDmF8JQ8t— M (@miaaselaa) December 9, 2019 In a video compilation making the rounds online, cats look at a phone screen that shows their owners with a cat face filter. The cats whip their heads around to look up at the human, and then back to the screen. “It appears the cat recognizes that their owner’s face should be on the phone, but it is not,” Kristyn Vitale, who studies cat... Continue reading…