Nap, Purr, Pounce

As the saying goes, aliens will someday look at our internet and think we are a planet run by cats. For amusement, I talked to a number of cat owners, asking them to interpret what goes through their cats’ minds during a typical day … or during a particularly memorable event. Here is the cat mental model diagram that resulted, sketching out some of the feline philosophies and feelings that facilitate some of our favorite friends.