How do cats implicitly know how to use the litter box?

cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 97 points –
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You've got it backwards. We didn't teach them to use the box, we created an artificial area that mimics the environment they prefer to poop in.

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You’ve generated a synthetic reality for your cat. His life is a lie.

His life may be a lie but the poop is very real.

And its stench can be horrid. Wfh brought with it a new sense of anxiety whenever I heard the scratching of litter. That was the motivation when I signed a lease for an apt with an extra bedroom. The litter box is no longer in my office.