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Why Your Cat Knocks Things Off Tables: The Science Finally Has an Answer

ZakGT Pets·By Dr. Felix Grant·August 31, 2026·52.7K views
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Animal behaviorists at the University of Edinburgh have published a study that definitively links object-dropping behavior in domestic cats to attention-seeking reinforcement loops — not boredom or clumsiness, as previously theorized. The study found that cats in households where the behavior received a response from humans increased the frequency by 340% within two weeks. The fix is simpler than you think.

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