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- From: tim.burton@cutting.hou.tx.us (Tim Burton)
- Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
- Subject: Re: declawing?
- Message-ID: <9589.82.uupcb@cutting.hou.tx.us>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 03:33:00 GMT
- Distribution: world
- Organization: The Cutting Edge - Houston, TX - 713-466-1525
- Reply-To: tim.burton@cutting.hou.tx.us (Tim Burton)
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- RM.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 :-).
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- >Desmond Morris, one of the top experts in animal behavior
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- RM.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.
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- RM.Incidentally, he stretches his "animal behavior expert" status to cover
- .humans, too. Try reading "The Naked Ape". Parts of it are very amusing.
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- His next book should be: "The Naked Cat"! :)
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- - Tim
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- . 1st 1.01 #1199s . You're only young once. You're immature forever.
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