-=> Quoting Jo Peshek to Walter Luffman <=-
 JP> In ILLUSTRATED CAT WATCHING, Desmond Morris posits
 JP> this reason for that demonstratable cat behavior:
 JP> "When a cat enters the room and looks around, it
 JP> notices that several people are staring at it. They
 JP> are the cat-lovers, gazing at the cat because they
 JP> like it.  But, in feline terms, to be stared at is
 JP> to be mildly threatened. ... Instead of a glance,
 JP> which is always acceptable, [animal lovers] keep
 JP> staring at the animal in a way that makes it feel
 JP> uncomfortable. The only person there not doing this
 JP> is the cat-hater, who looks away and keeps very still,
 JP> trying to be ignored by the the feared animal.  But
 JP> such behavior has precicely the opposite effect. For
 JP> the cat, in search of a friendly lap on which to sit,
 JP> makes a bee-line for this ideal companion, who is not
 JP> moving around, not waving hands, not making shrill
 JP> remarks, and above all, not staring."
 JP> Sounds as good as any explanation to me.  :,
It makes sense to me, and bears repeating...which is why I
quoted it in its entirety.
Don't know if it's correct, though.  I asked my cat, but
she won't tell me.  She just sat there and stared at me for
the longest time....
... I have to go home now.  My brain is beginning to fizz.
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