Why Do Cats Love Boxes?

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If you have a cat, or have ever spent much time on the Internet, you know that cats like to sit in boxes, or any other small container.

Adorable, no?

If it fits, they sits.

But have you ever wondered why they do this?

Well, for one, it helps their anxiety.

I know, considering that they sleep 12 hours a day, they don't really seem like anxious animals.

But cats experience stress like any other mammal.

And when they're sitting in a box, cats feel like they're in a protected place, where they can observe and hunt without worrying about being attacked.

This makes sense, since cats are ambush predators, meaning they're always looking to surprise their next target.

To better understand how boxes help cats calm down, one study published in the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science, observed a group of cats that had just arrived at a new animal shelter.

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