Is Your Cat Trusting You?

i know that my cat knows when i'm lyings. And he just has a deeply suspicious nature. Does he trust you in good times? Like, does he know when you actually have a treat and just like want to hang out? He can't figure out my lies. Sometimes i'll like hold up my fist as if i have a treat in it, and kind o make a throwing motion. Anan li, youre rily mad. How is you h i know yet.

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[Truth or Fail]

Fact 1:

https://phys.org/news/2021-07-dogs-people-lying.html

Fact 2:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347296903206

https://theaggie.org/2021/09/14/study-finds-domestic-cats-prefer-freeloading-to-working-for-food/

Fact 3:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/923830

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/07/cat-genomes/619587/