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[-] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Realistically, outdoor cats don't travel much. They just hang out in their neighborhood, chill in their favorite spots, etc.

Cats have their territory and that's where they spend their time, doing cat things. It's just that an outdoor cat's territory isn't limited by walls.

[-] thehatfox@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

There was a BBC documentary a few years ago where they gave GPS tracking collars to a bunch of cats in a neighbourhood and tracked where they went. Each of the cats had their own territory and favourite locations.

[-] vojel@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago

I think I watched this one and also a German documentary. It even showed that elderly cats roam way less then younger ones. Pretty interesting.

[-] jpeps@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I loved that doc! It was fascinating seeing the vast differences in territory. I remember one cat who travelled something like a mile back and forth every day on a really narrow area. There was also a pair of cats that had worked out a little territory share amongst themselves, patrolling the same area but always 12 hours apart from each other.

[-] Dicska@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I think you're referring to this scientific experiment.

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