The sadness behind Garfield pleasing humans

Garfield is considered to be one of the most clingy and loyal cats.

There are very few cats in the cat family that can be rated as "loyal" as Garfield.

Those who have had purebred Garfield will feel more deeply: Garfield will take the initiative to sentry when the owner toilet, find the owner can not find something will take the initiative to help if the owner is treated by the family dog or other cats "aggressive" Garfield will stand in front of the owner to try to protect people.

This cat, scientifically known as the "exotic shorthair", has long been regarded as a gentle, affectionate cat with a sweet purring voice that cannot be separated from people.

These appearances, however, may be a "desperate show of affection" for Garfield to survive.

Purebred Garfield is one of the few cat breeds that can not survive without humans.

The human-made "artificial cats" are full of inherent disadvantages.

Around 1960, there was a cat breeding boom in North America, and many people took pride in raising "new and rare breeds of cats". During these years, many scientists were involved in cat breed research.

Looking back at the cat breeding boom of the 1960s, nearly 60 years later, it is clear that scientists at the time considered "making cats cute" to be their approach to cat research.

The Garfield cat was a product of this "extreme cuteness" line of research (a breed of cat created through crossbreeding).

In nature, this breed does not exist, and Garfield is a cat created by humans.

Garfield cats differ from their feline relatives in several ways.

The average lifespan of Garfield cats is shorter than the average of 14 years for domestic cats. Most purebred Garfield cats live only about 10 years, and many will even die in their 8th year.

Garfield has a natural defect in its eye structure that causes Garfield to be prone to tearing and causes eye disease. The Garfield's eyes look in line with the 20th century "fancy" for cats, but this structure is not conducive to the cat's eye health.

Vision development is later than in other cat breeds. Some Garfield cats will be 4 or even 5 months old before their vision matures. Some Garfield cats have a lifelong vision defect, but this defect can be well concealed in human homes with lights at night.

Most purebred Garfield cats, do not conceal excrement. Unlike most cats, purebred Garfield cats lack some of the habits passed down from their ancestors, and many Garfield cats do not know how to cover their excrement with litter.

The "perfect cat breed" in human aesthetics is the weakest.

Among the stray cats, purebred Garfield cats are hardly seen. This is not to say that Garfield cats are not found in the wild. On the contrary, Garfield carcasses can be seen in cities and the wild.

This cat, because of a congenital defect, is difficulty surviving in complex wild conditions.

Compared to most cat breeds, this "overly human aesthetic" cat has become a completely human-dependent animal.

The Garfield seems to know that it cannot survive easily without humans.

This cat seems to have a deeper "heart". If you have more than one cat at home, Garfield will often observe whether it is safe for other cats to eat cat food before going to eat. Once a cat is found to have vomited or fainted from eating cat food, Garfield will immediately hide.

While other cats are playing on their own, Garfield will actively seek out the owner to interact. When the owner calls the cat at home, Garfield must be the first to arrive at the owner's side.

Cat-Res scientists observed 100 families with Garfield in their homes. Some interesting things were found.

Garfield knows that only the food provided by the owner, is safe, and accidentally found food whether it is rat meat or cat food, Garfield rarely consumes it.

When opening the door of the house, other cats would go out curiously to explore and play, Garfield would not even approach the door of the room, only watching from a distance.

Garfield will observe which cat or pet the owner likes and actively become friends with this animal, and has no interest in animals that the owner does not like very much.

When the owner is not at home, Garfield will go to the place where the owner often stays as much as possible. Only the smell of the owner will make Garfield feel safe.

An even more surprising phenomenon is that 40% of Garfield cats show similar behavior: they will hide something from their owner during the day when the owner is not home, and then at night when the owner cannot find it, Garfield will happily find it and carry it to the owner.

For many other cat breeds, this is not a common practice.

About 25% of Garfield cats will take the excrement of other animals in the house and rub it on top of the items in the house when the owner is not home.

Some cats will eat other cats' food before eating their food.

If there is a dog in the house, nearly half of Garfield will provoke or even knock over the dog's food bowl when the owner is not home, but when the owner comes home, they behave as if they are close to the dog.

Perhaps humans do not know enough about this "artificial cat" created in the 1960s.

Some zoologists have put forward a hypothesis: human "artificially created" animals, may be deeply imprinted with the human.

This claim, so far, can not be proven by the data.

But there always seems to be some phenomenon that makes people easy to speculate: the depth of the animals bred by people, whether it will be too much "human"?

Garfield is one such mystery.

To people, this is a cute, gentle, loyal, clingy, and perfect cat.

But on the other side not seen by people, this cat can show a different style: deep and ambitious, good thinking and deep.