<story><title>The Weird Thing About Cat Legs</title><url>http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/02/the-weird-thing-about-cat-legs/459369/?single_page=true</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>andrewl</author><text>Good article. One difference I&amp;#x27;ve seen between big cats and house cats is that big cats never (as far as I know) tuck their feet under their bodies in the &amp;quot;bread loaf&amp;quot; position that house cats do. I always assumed it was because it put too much pressure on the big cat&amp;#x27;s legs. So house cats often sit like this:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nedhardy.com&amp;#x2F;wp-content&amp;#x2F;uploads&amp;#x2F;images&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;september&amp;#x2F;cat_loaves&amp;#x2F;cat_loaves_17.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nedhardy.com&amp;#x2F;wp-content&amp;#x2F;uploads&amp;#x2F;images&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;septe...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;While big cats put their legs out in front, like this:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;cbs.umn.edu&amp;#x2F;sites&amp;#x2F;cbs.umn.edu&amp;#x2F;files&amp;#x2F;public&amp;#x2F;african_lion_king-wide_1.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;cbs.umn.edu&amp;#x2F;sites&amp;#x2F;cbs.umn.edu&amp;#x2F;files&amp;#x2F;public&amp;#x2F;african_li...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;House cats will take the lion position, but lions do not take the house cat position.</text></comment>
<story><title>The Weird Thing About Cat Legs</title><url>http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/02/the-weird-thing-about-cat-legs/459369/?single_page=true</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>krylon</author><text>&lt;i&gt;We are, I realize, trying to out-stealth a cat. It&amp;#x27;s going about as well as you&amp;#x27;d expect.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t have time read the full article right now, but this pair of sentences alone is priceless...</text></comment>