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The thumbs retract when not in use. You know, like human ones.

    • m_f@discuss.onlineOPMEnglish
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      9 days ago

      Yeah, my cat almost died from getting into chocolate he shouldn’t have been able to, but he’s very food-motivated and smart when it comes to accessing food. The vet said cat toxicity models for chocolate are mostly borrowed from the numbers for dogs, because cats are generally smart enough to not eat it. Not my cat though 🙀

      • Cid Vicious@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        9 days ago

        It’s not because they know to avoid chocolate, it’s because they’re not attracted to sweet things (cats lack tastebuds for sweet). I was making some chocolate buttercream frosting that my cat was highly interested in, though.

          • Cid Vicious@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            9 days ago

            Yeah, that’s the point, assuming that cats won’t be attracted to chocolate might be highly misleading and people should still exercise caution with it. My cat has a thing for coffee, too… another thing which can be quite harmful to cats.