I’m constantly impressed by the human ability to find innovative new ways to streamline tasks. It used to be that determining intelligence required complicated tests that weren’t always accurate, but today they have a device they just point at your forehead and it tells you what your IQ is! And it turns out mine is 104.6 — that’s really smart, right?
Found by Sharon H. at The Atlantic
As my IQ is 70 I can assure you that 104,6 is like really, really smart. Surely this kitty is the president of Cat-Mensa. 🧐
Yes, kitty, very smart.
(And if you’re like me, you wondered this, so I googled: The normal body temperature range for cats is between 100.5°F and 102.5°F (38.1°C to 39.2°C).
Curious kitty has no ears!
That sweet little face! S/he looks so interested and happy!
I went to the site (lots of other cool pics there, including some other cute animals) to see if there was any info on what is happening here and it says:
“An employee takes the temperature of a cat at the re-opened Caturday Cat Cafe, which had been temporarily shuttered due to concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus, in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 8, 2020.”
Sounds like a good place for a Cutetropolis field trip.
I didn’t know the infrared thermometers worked on cats, too. I hope our vet is using them- much better than the usual method. 😛
Oh, that reminds me of the time I took Teddy to the vet. Teddy was very calm during the entire visit, friendly and cooperative with the doctor and technician — which made it all the more funny when the doc took Teddy’s temperature. In an instant Teddy’s eyes almost bulged out of his skull and his mood went from friendly to stunned indignation: “… what the HELL is going on back there?! I thought we were friends, man!”
Ha ha Mike! 😁 I guess there’s a line in the sand/litter that was crossed!
Yaaa… that was my same experience and reaction when the aliens came all this distance and beamed me up to their space ship. Couldn’t quite understand that aspect. (had to reuse the joke in this instance…)
😂
I wonder if feral cats go back and tell their friends how they were abducted by aliens and poked and prodded and probed. And they left their mark on me (tips ear towards them). I tell you what, Billy Bob, you see what looks like a fantastic snack but it’s at the end of a tunnel …. DON’T EAT IT. What?! You don’t believe me, well then go ask your Auntie Velma her story, she’s got a weird ear just like me. Plus she was on her way to being the champion kitten producer in this here town and after that … pfft, never had another.
AJ, I know they tell these stories. Pretty sure Scorpius heard them before he joined my household and that’s why he’s so reserved.
He’s actually getting much more comfortable with interaction. I can pet him without hisses on most days.
Sorry kitty, if you were in Canada your IQ would be only 40.
You made me snortlaff!
Kitty looks something like dear Maru, which finally starts to convince me that Maru is, indeed, a Scottish fold.