It's common knowledge that people love cats and dogs, and upon the rise of the internet, videos of cats and dogs doing silly things have become widespread across the internet. Since this has happened, people have been puzzled as to why people love videos of cats and dogs. In fact, they've been so puzzled that they went ahead and conducted research regarding the question, "Why do people get so much emotional pleasure from cat videos?" From these research studies, I've identified just four of the reasons why this may be true.
1. Society has become interested in things that are abnormal or strange, and since cats present strange qualities, their videos bring us pleasure.
2. People post things about their cars on the internet because there does not exist a public gathering space to show off one's cat like a dog park. Rather, the internet presents the only "cat park," available.
3.Cats project emotions similar to humans because they have expressive faces and bodies.
4. Cats are not self-conscious when being filmed. They do not appear to acknowledge the camera when being filmed. This ability to view the video without the cat looking increases the video's cute factor.