a curiosity that kills

as a lover of cats, i have always sensed that between the two of us each believes themselves to be the higher life form.

i have always sensed this in their general mannerisms and their abundantly clear display that it is they who have chosen to keep company with me.

cats are amazing.

they are social and yet fiercely independent.
they are loving and nurturing while still being finely honed killing machines.
they have a very keen sense of awareness for their surroundings and themselves.

i suppose it is this level of self awareness, probably vital to their survival instincts, that they inherently posses and we generally seem to lack that might lead them to believe themselves superior.

however today i observed this extreme sense of self awareness and realized that it might also be a less than admirable trait to such an extent and may in fact be to their undoing.

after all, i can't imagine the feeling of being so self aware that i needed to stop mid-stride, as i crossed the road simply to clean my own genitalia.

just saying...that's a level of self awareness that could get you killed quick.