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I know the title is poorly worded but I can't really think of how exactly to word the question.

I was watching a cat try to find a place to sit that wasn't covered in snow and it made me think about how humans wipe off snow covered seats or just dirty seats in general.

Is that a uniquely human thing or are there other animals that exhibit similar behaviors?

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[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 34 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Cats will 100% "wipe off" a place to sleep or shit or be adorable little assholes. If something is in their way, they will move it out of the way. Same with brushing dirt/dust/litter out of the way

Snow is a special case because it is cold and wet. Moving the snow out of the way will still leave them with a cold and wet place to sleep.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I've seen them play with small objects or push things off counters but never seen them fully clean an area of small particles.

Maybe I just never really paid attention ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[–] Cinner@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

To add the opposite of this, cats do cover up their feces in the wild very well, and housecats will in a litterbox too instinctually. To hide their scent so they don't get eaten.

It's all about needs. Humans became the top of the food chain and stopped needing as much, so we started doing other things. Also in the wild if there's wind then there won't be as much on things, dust really only starts to gather once walls are built (or in caves I suppose.)

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 6 points 10 months ago

I mean, most humans aren't going to fully clean off all the small particles. Brush enough so that they aren't in the way/aren't immediately visible and move on with life.