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STUDY: When the Working Day Is Done, 97% of Cats Just ‘Wanna Have Fun’

Psychologists at Dartmouth University have published a paper on feline stress. Their findings indicate that most cats – a whopping 97% – engage in some sort of playful activity at the conclusion of a working day. Why?

“They just wanna,” says Dr. Richard Berkus, the lead author of the paper. “They just wanna,” Dr. Berkus repeated, presumably for emphasis.

The study was conducted with a representative sample of 1,000 cats, many of whom have stressful day jobs.

“We found an overwhelming majority of cats like to relieve daily stress by letting loose and having fun,” says Dr. Berkus. “They want to be the ones to walk in the sun, you know?”

Via Sarah Ross. Originally published on HelloGiggles.

Kitty to Apple: The iPhone Is Not Paw Friendly

The iPhone may be one of the best-selling smartphones in the world among humans, but it has yet to catch on in the feline marketplace. The reason? It’s just not very paw friendly.

Garfield, a cat from Pine Bluff, MI, has had enough. He sent a strongly worded letter (by postal mail – he can’t get the mail app on his iPhone to work) to Apple CEO Tim Cook laying out what he thinks the company needs to improve upon.

“It really comes down to how unresponsive touchscreens are to paws,” said Wilson McBride, a spokesperson for the cat. “And Siri just doesn’t understand meows very well. Look, cats are people, too, and Garfield just thinks Apple needs to pay more attention to the cat market.”

Via tamfifi.

PHOTO OP: Hot Crossed Paws

Via lauren_nicole827.