Japanese love cats that sit like humans
Over at the pet section of Yahoo! Japan, a “Suko-zuwari” photo contest is in progress. “Suko-zuwari” is a word created by Japanese cat lovers to describe the amusing human-like sitting style of some cats. The behavior is most commonly found in Scottish Folds, so the first part of “Scottish” [スコティッシュ] was combined with word for “sitting” [座り] to make “suko-zuwari“ [スコ座り].
Fuji TV’s “Mezamashi TV” morning show recently ran a segment about the online photo contest, visiting a cat cafe to observe some “suko-zuwari“:
They find a few cats sitting in just such a pose, and comments are made about how it resembles the sitting style of lazy middle-aged men.
A cat expert says that cats often make various poses while licking themselves clean, and it is possible that some cats discover through their cleaning routines that the “suko-zuwari” position is comfortable. Only male cats seem to sit that way, and it may have something to do with their own desire to smell themselves.
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I like humans that sit like cats
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I like humans that lick me like a cat.
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I’m a human that sit like cats.
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I have an eight month old black female cat that likes to sleep in that position. It’s quite funny to see.
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