Scientists were able to decipher the facial expressions of cats

Thanks to a new experiment, the scientists from America have finally been able to correlate facial expressions of the cats with their behavior.

Interestingly, this clue helped them analyze the position of the body and the sounds of animals.

The study involved 29 cats from an animal shelter. For this experiment, we developed a special program called CatFACS, which deals with the decoding of facial action, for the detection of minute changes on the face of the cat when interacting with a person. According to this analysis, the facial expressions of cats are mostly represented in three States: relaxed part, fear and frustration. Emotions such as happiness or sadness, most of them were not observed.

Slow blinking or my half-closed eyes indicate lazy indifference. However, wide open unblinking eyes say experience cat fear. Hissing and licking of the nose point to the frustration which in cats is a synonym of anger. These same markers are pressed ears and meowing with wide mouth opening.

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