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- From: rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner)
- Subject: Re: declawing?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.184333.21913@zia.aoc.nrao.edu>
- Reply-To: rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner)
- Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
- References: <BzztF1.A2r@SSD.intel.com> <1992Dec29.004756.4710@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov> <C03oA7.n06@ie.utoronto.ca>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 18:43:33 GMT
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- In article <C03oA7.n06@ie.utoronto.ca> green@ie.utoronto.ca (Marc Green) writes:
- >defense. The claws are necessary for cats to properly scratch, preen
- >and clean themselves.
-
- Despite the fact that both our cats have all their claws, I have yet to see
- either of them use her front feet for scratching herself (other cats/people/
- objects, sure :-) ), or any of their claws for preening/cleaning. The latter is
- all tongue/teeth work. Paws (not claws) only come into it for holding the
- other one down during forced mutual washing :-).
-
- >Desmond Morris, one of the top experts in animal behavior
-
- Sez Desmond Morris, maybe. Lots of what he says makes sense, but a lot of
- other things are pretty farfetched. I'm not arguing about his love for
- animals, but he sure doesn't have *all* the right answers.
-
- Incidentally, he stretches his "animal behavior expert" status to cover
- humans, too. Try reading "The Naked Ape". Parts of it are very amusing.
- --
- Ruth Milner NRAO/VLA Socorro NM
- Computing Division Head rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu
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