Bret Devereaux

There is something really amusing about how Percy (the cat) attempts to bribe me with cuddles in order to get food. It never works, the cats food is via an auto-feeder with a timer. But he tries anyway. Makes me wonder...does this cat have a theory of the mind?

Because the sort of thinking that ends with, "the human provides food, the human *likes* when I brush against his leg and sit on his lap, so I will do these things in an effort to get food" feels like a surprisingly complex line of thinking for an animal with a tiny little brain.