Those of us who have lived with cats know that they have hidden powers that we cannot decipher but that always fascinate us, no matter how many times we see them develop them. Certain behaviors and capacities of felines do not make sense from a human point of view but they may be right in certain neurological capacities. Although, in reality, they have not yet been explained.
The bad thing that we have not found an explanation for this knowledge is that the cat has been related, since the Middle Ages, to supernatural powers and witchcraft. That is why, at that time, cats were hunted and killed. Even today, black cats have a terrible reputation and, although it may seem like a horror movie, they are in danger in some areas when Halloween approaches. The protectors don’t like to give up black cats just before November 31st.
It has been proven that cats, before an earthquake occurs and we humans are aware of it, show a variation in their usual behavior : they get nervous, excited, show piloerection, restlessness … It is not known what it detects exactly the animal but several studies indicate that it is about changes in electromagnetic fields, imbalances in atmospheric electrostatic charges, air pressure, sound emissions that we cannot hear, humidity and almost negligible earth tremors.
They will not listen to you when you want to tell them about a problem but cats know when you are angry, sad, calm … They know this by the smell you give off at that moment, due to substances or hormones that we give off. This, in turn, causes them to behave in one way or another. When he senses that his human is sad, he observes him and tends to be close. If he smells fear of him from someone new at home, he may want to mark his territory, even forgetting his good manners towards guests. If, on the other hand, he realizes that his human is ill, it is not difficult to see him sleep next to him, curling up.
Not only do dogs return home after having been lost for several days and / or having traveled many kilometers. Cats are also experts in these adventures and there are not few cases that are known in which a feline returns home after it seems that it has been swallowed by the earth. What is this phenomenon due to? Is it because of an extreme sense of orientation? Because they have an overdeveloped sense of smell that allows them to find their way back? By almost telepathic connection with his humans?
Many experts who have studied these cases reveal that these animals are closely linked to their humans, they are linked by an imaginary thread and that no matter how long it extends, they will always be able to meet. A somewhat idealistic way of explaining this phenomenon.
There is another theory that explains that cats have a kind of built-in GPS that allows them to feel the gravitational field of the planet, which would explain why they know how to return home.
Of course, although we have talked about many cases, it will not always work and not all lost cats return by themselves to the house to which they belong. We cannot be guided by this and use it as an excuse not to put the identification chip on them. Whether we allow our cat to leave the house or not, we must put the chip on it when it comes into our lives.
It is not isolated the case that in a nursing home where a group of cats live as companions and “therapists” of the elderly, one of the animals visits the person who actually dies hours later the night before death. . We get goose bumps, but is it a coincidence?
