Recent studies suggest that cats make great companions and pets. Cats purr at a frequency that could benefit your health and love their owners just as much as dogs do. Yes, cats can certainly be as affectionate as their canine counterparts. Unlike the brains of dogs, the brains of cats have an amazing surface folding and a structure that is about 90 percent similar to ours.
The cerebral cortex of cats is greater and more complex compared to that of dogs. The cerebral cortex is the part of the brain responsible for cognitive information processing. So far, research has suggested that dogs can read our cues, show emotional connection to their owners, and even display jealousy. How much care and attention does a cat need? As pets go, cats are relatively low maintenance compared to dogs which need companionship, walking, training etc.
However, like any pet, they do need care, and some cats need more care than others. So, with the help of some cat experts, Metro.
They are also individual in how loud the purr is. No one knows for sure why a domestic cat purrs, but many people interpret the sound as one of contentment. Are cats just vicious killers? Are they passive-aggressively letting you know that their kitty kibble is not up to scratch? Cats are often raised by their mother who teaches them how to survive on their own — this includes catching prey. The mother will often begin teaching them by bringing back dead prey for the kittens to eat. Then, she will bring back a live animal to teach her offspring how to kill for themselves.
Once the kittens are old enough, they will go outside with their mother to learn how to hunt on their own. Cats see humans as inexperienced hunters. This is why they are bringing back their dead animals to us.
They are trying to teach us how to hunt like they do. Sometimes, they may also be bringing you a gift so you are able to eat the good raw meat like they do. Next time your cat brings you a dead animal, try to remember that they think they are doing something nice for you — no matter how disgusting it may be.
Cats groom themselves for several reasons. Is it really bad to take above? I mean, what can I say? Annie Rempel: on gross or something. It sounds lovely to make myself happy. And do it every day. You take baths. Do you, do you like, do you like S you know, maybe set some candles up and like Rose oil and Epsom salts and put on a little meat.
And you know, again, just like she, like early on, she was. Have you ever tried this? Dave Etler: But like, I like me a long shower when I can get it. I forgot that you were, that you were tall. Annie Rempel: boy. I feel do you clean it? Do you clean it. Like, I, I feel like if you had like two bathrooms or like a bath tub specifically, and then a shower that you walk into specifically, it feels like those are like separate, but I know a lot of bathtubs have a shower over it and you can kind of choose.
I feel. I would be more weirded out by like, if this is. Sophia Williams-Perez: like, yeah, like right now, my drain has a little ring up ratio, Mar sessions. Just like the last couple of days yet? Marisa Evers: thing. I had friends in college who were males who never cleaned their bathroom and they had mushrooms.
I dunno, but the water would just splash out of their shower. Marisa Evers: Onto their bathroom floor and mold grew and then mushrooms sprouted from that mold. Dave Etler: never dealt with it. Some commitment to not washing your cleaning at some point. Dave Etler: I want it to be a, you know a feminist when I was discussing this. Marisa Evers: My mom is one of those neurotic people that will clean the bathrooms and shower every day.
Dave Etler: feeling very strongly. Marisa Evers: that you can, you can eat them or that you can have a psychedelic trip or you can die. Marisa Evers: all share the same plumbing [] anyways. And the mushrooms are probably in. What should I do help? I took a sodium phosphate enema because I was constipated and it said it should work within minutes up to an hour, but an hour went by and nothing. So I did another one. I read the bottle, which I should have done first.
I know, but I. And it says can cause serious dehydration or kidney problems if taken more. One or two doses is this problem. Marisa Evers: your oral intake.
And then if drink, drink, drink, drink a lot. And if you still are hydrated, go to the hospital. Sodium phos. Is it the same shit? The go lightly is what they use her, which is not which, which is like the worst name for a product ever, because it is not true. You do not go like. Sophia Williams-Perez: fleets. What am I? I should probably brush up before. Marisa Evers: The first thing that shows up is for the fleets is it just says gentle glide,.
Dave Etler: that. How long have we been doing this? Dave Etler: Oh my God. But sometimes I learn things from the answers to start.
The possible diagnosis for this person who is very concerned. Annie Rempel: dots around the gland of my penis. What is this? You could be penis, you could have penis deaths. What the name of a condition? Pearly penile papules. Dave Etler: what they look like. Pearly pearly penile papules, Y. Dave Etler: Are they regular? Like we talking about like a regular polygon here.
Dave Etler: curly, penile, [] papules. Why was the alliteration necessary in this case? Why, why it makes it worse? Also why Purley. Some other word available than purr. Dave Etler: There is a strong tradition of food descriptors for conditions. Thank God they. Dave Etler: there. Annie Rempel: something a dermatologist would say those words. Marisa Evers: know how I know when I was in Durham, we had to see some genital concerns. Sophia Williams-Perez: So it could be either.
Yeah, I suppose. It depends on characteristic. Like, does it look infectious or does it just look like a skin thing,. The, the commenters thought it was a normal feature, you know, like a normal feature of. It was within normal limits. Marisa Evers: did not. I mean, you probably can. Where am I going to get that? Dave Etler: that in at all. Marissa, Eric, Annie, thank you so much for being on the show with me today. Shortcuts for making us a part of your week.
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That is Dave Etler: humbling. Annie Rempel: Yeah. Thank you for sending your feedback. I appreciate that. Any quick comments about Marisa Evers: that? And like what your health policy Avenue wants to be Dave Etler: health policy. So Eric Boeshart: if can I ask a question real quick?
I had Marisa Evers: a professor in college who was a psychologist and they were a forensic psychologist. Get hired as an expert witness in a lot Sophia Williams-Perez: of things. I Annie Rempel: think same goes for forensic pathologist and they just have it.
Forensic Annie Rempel: lawyer I mean, you Dave Etler: know, you laugh with however you want at whatever you want. Well, Eric Boeshart: are we going to there? So my armpits Annie Rempel: smell at first, it was my left and it smelled like melted butter and was always itchy. Annie Rempel: So they take the popcorn, Sophia Williams-Perez: you know, like behind the wall and then they come back out and hand it to you. I believe it was say no time Annie Rempel: myself. I Dave Etler: have. Eric Boeshart: You just have a chalkboard in your bathroom.
Just kind of like Sophia Williams-Perez: last minute, minute and a second. Annie Rempel: I feel like that might spread out the minute. What Dave Etler: are the symptoms of curiosity?
What Dave Etler: are the symptoms of blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. That big, big process, Marisa Evers: hesitancy frequency hesitancY. If you had no other Dave Etler: devices to collect the fluid and scored it in this Annie Rempel: manner, why are you going to knock them out? Other than right. Other than drinking, the cactus keeps and then peeing in at somebody. But Annie Rempel: we are in a bad situation. Dave Etler: I wonder if that was part of it. Yeah, yeah. Eric Boeshart: So, I mean, the big question is, is there any nutrition, I guess first, first things first, is there a nutritional value in your Dave Etler: state?
What does that have to do with it? Annie Rempel: The issue is the constipation plus lack of. Look at that. Very sterile in the desk.
My friend played a prank on me and put Windex and my Marisa Evers: Gatorade in my stomach kind of hurts. Is this a message? This is a message. Your friend is trying to tell Annie Rempel: you. Or Sophia Williams-Perez: maybe they saw a big fat Greek wedding.
This Annie Rempel: is ground zero. Well, Annie Rempel: where they drink? I know Marisa Evers: that I was on a toxicology rotation. Dave Etler: So definitely glycol.
Annie Rempel: It is. Annie Rempel: Very bizarre. In my mouth. This happened first and foremost. Dave Etler: Show your compassion. Annie Rempel: Can you tell me more? Annie Rempel: To ask if it was all fields that call, Dave Etler: I love this [] idea because it like, okay, so Annie Rempel: this question, clearly this person, Dave Etler: this question occurred to this person moments ago.
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