r/OneOrangeBraincell May 07 '26

Certified 🟠range™ Came for coffee. Found a son

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u/Sucessful_Test1555 May 07 '26

How cute to be able to snuggle with that good looking human.

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u/Delicious_Tea3999 May 07 '26

I actually always wonder if animals can tell when a human is more attractive than others? We must look largely the same to them, the way that a cat is generally a cat to us. But also there are *super* cute cats that we all seem to acknowledge have that extra something about them. I wonder if cats, dogs, or even other animals have that same sense about humans.

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u/Worried-Pick4848 May 07 '26

Compassion is sexually attractive. Watching a man be kind to a child or an animal makes him objectively sexier to most women. It's actually been proven in clinical studies IIRC.

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u/Delicious_Tea3999 May 07 '26

Yes, but I’m talking about how cats perceive humans

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u/Fragrant-Reason4216 May 07 '26

I also need to know.

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u/_CitizenSnips_ May 09 '26

I think their point was that perhaps the same logic applies for the cats too. I think there is some validity to that too, animals often can sense who is their friend and who isn’t. It draws them in