doctor john bradshaw spent 30 years studying cats. must be nice.eves they don't view humans as another species the way dogs do. for instance, by rubbing up against you a cat is treating you like it would treat its mother. that's what i tell the police. and when you see an upright tail, it is actually a greeting sign between cats. bottom line, cats are very stupid. so why don't we just go to andy. oh. andy left. >> why? >> i guess it is some kind of weird protest. >> too personal. >> he doesn't like talking about cats so he left. >> it is a conflict of interest. >> he can't actually cover this story objectively. >> i think i hear him in the back using the litter box. >> andy is a lot funnier when he is not here. >> nicely done. it is like the ghost of andy. rick,. >> yes? do you have a question? >> cats haven't invented anything. >> as far as i'm aware of. >> i don't see cat tools, cat automobiles. how can they see us as cats? they have to look at us and say wow, look at all of this great stuff like cupboards and junk. >> you know what the study say

but other research suggests that might not be the case john bradshaw a british anthrozoology just has released a new book in which he argues that domesticated cats are still essentially wild and that they really don't love living with us humans bradshaw's says that because cats were never bred to play specific roles in domesticated life you know we don't ride them like horses they don't pull ploughs like oxes they missed out on some key evolutionary changes but the most attention grabbing headline from bradshaw's work is that according to him cats think that we humans are big dumb and non-hostile cats more specifically bradshaw says that cats treat us as if we were their mom just kind of dumb clumsy moms and as for a cat rubbing up on you it's not so much a sign of affection as is the cat just making sure that you're the big. big cat not a threat so if you want to know what your cat is thinking pay attention to its tail but don't get too excited if you're feeling friend comes up and. it's the good the bad and the very very epa for a cli ugly the good new hampshire house of representat