{"id":978,"date":"2021-03-21T09:14:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T09:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=978"},"modified":"2021-03-21T09:15:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T09:15:57","slug":"youre-not-the-boss-of-me-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=978","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;re not the boss of me, now&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the news recently, there was a situation at a Manchester train station when a cat was spotted on the roof of a train due to depart to London.  Here&#8217;s what a Guardian article said about what occurred:<br><br>&#8220;After two and a half hours, the standoff came to an end when a bin was pulled up beside the carriage, giving the animal a platform on which to disembark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The feline appeared unbothered as it alighted the train, according to station staff, who described it as \u201cswaggering off\u201d into the night as though it had other places to be.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone who shares their home with cats will know, it&#8217;s pretty difficult to get a cat to do anything they don&#8217;t want to. But it&#8217;s not down to a lack of intelligence. Studies have shown that cats often do exceptionally well when it comes to intelligence tests; they have 300 million neurons compared to a dogs 160 million. In short, a lot of the time, cats are simply exhibiting free will and making a choice regarding how they&#8217;ll respond. <br><br>This cat is a perfect example of that. They&#8217;d found a superb vantage point in a busy place, and settled there to observe. The train was obviously a solid, stationary platform and was a high enough perch to remain out of reach so they could assess their surroundings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When cats don&#8217;t cooperate, they aren&#8217;t generally being obtuse, they&#8217;re weighing up their options. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/preview.redd.it\/l4wxxi73ouk61.jpg?width=960&amp;crop=smart&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=bd0934467ebf572323852c89cdd4880d3d3f8b7e\" alt=\"Im late for work. : mildlyinfuriating\"\/><figcaption>                                                                                           Picture source: Reddit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the news recently, there was a situation at a Manchester train station when a cat was spotted on the roof of a train due to depart to London. Here&#8217;s what a Guardian article said about what occurred: &#8220;After two&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=978"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":989,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978\/revisions\/989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}