{"id":49525,"date":"2015-02-09T14:08:04","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T21:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/09\/cats-and-boxes-a-love-story.html"},"modified":"2015-02-09T14:08:04","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T21:08:04","slug":"cats-and-boxes-a-love-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/09\/cats-and-boxes-a-love-story.html","title":{"rendered":"Cats and Boxes: A Love Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why do cats love boxes or any other hidey-hole? There may be several reasons, from safety to being poor at conflict resolution to simply being cold.  There&#39;s some fun feline science here.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/02\/whats-up-with-cats-and-boxes'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/eRuzoAMNGf-T5UEh0E_UF2cP67z5bndk5LojNiQ0F7TYIM-jK9QQE60VlDs_CUi3PEqFfr_4j2BYy5Loi0zxXO6mAVNR4pzwpQ2QAw7B-vc_-hgpdSIGP_YCQ4AT7t9TzuNvwCQ=w506-h303-p' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/02\/whats-up-with-cats-and-boxes'>What&#8217;s Up With That: Why Do Cats Love Boxes So Much? | WIRED<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nWhat are we to make of the strange gravitational pull that empty boxes have on cats?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/SCDKHnZ3BJf'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do cats love boxes or any other hidey-hole? There may be several reasons, from safety to being poor at conflict resolution to simply being cold. There&#39;s some fun feline science here. 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