• SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
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      28 days ago

      Animals can pick up on a lot. I have one particular cat who always seems to know when my girlfriend is stressed and will relentlessly headbutt her before she even realizes she’s having a panic attack. Some service dogs can detect things like seizures before they even happen, and even that’s not fully understood.

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      28 days ago

      Dogs will too eventually but they can go longer without eating than cats.

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      28 days ago

      Dogs will do it too. Don’t take long either.

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      Aren’t cats instead of dogs known to the be pet that will start eating you if you happen to die at home suddenly.

      yeah, i remember paramedic talking about a case where some person died alone and no one knew until the corpse started leaking through the floor to neighbors below.

      there was a cat in the apartment that whole time. it was not hungry.

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        28 days ago

        That is an interesting and disgusting story … imagine sitting in your apartment and your ceiling starts ‘leaking’ and you have to figure out where it’s coming from.