Sentences with phrase «cats like human children»

«The emotional appeals to treat dogs and cats like human children have gone to an extreme,» she adds.

Not exact matches

Like its human counterpart, the cat bitter taste receptor Tas2r43 was activated by bitter compounds aloin (found in the aloe plant) and denatonium (used to deter children and pets from consuming chemicals such as antifreeze) but responded differently to the compounds.

«Large animal models of human disease, like cats, are really helpful for determining what's going to happen in a child when you're treating them,» Vite said.

The widely perceived cuteness of domesticated animals, such as dogs and cats, may be due to the fact that humans selectively breed their pets for infant - like characteristics, including non-aggressive behavior and child - like appearance.

Like children who live in homes with a lot of verbal and physical violence, or a lot of unspoken anger, cats often act out the dynamics of their human families.

«And a lot of this is actually done... because the cat is feeling lonely or lost and wanting human companionship and doesn't get that, is not getting that, so they act out like a child would.

This is probably why some people have to argue (so they can argue in good conscience I imagine) that there is an actual possibility that prior to a child actually being born, a woman might have been gestating something other than a human being, say like a cat or a whale or a Tyrannosaurus rex or some other such thing and thus it's always a «miracle» when a child is actually born rather than a larvae like in the movie The Fly.