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In days gone by, sailors thought ships\u2019 cats could predict the weather. Perkiness indicated fair conditions. Sneezing foretold light rain, while\u00a0weird behaviours, like licking their fur in the wrong direction, were suggestive of storms. Some even thought that cats caused the storms via magic stored in their tails.<\/p>\n
Although science has yet to disprove the latter, some modern-day owners do notice that their felines act \u2018oddly\u2019 before a downpour. It\u2019s thought the cats\u2019 inner ears are sensitive to the atmospheric pressure reduction that precedes precipitation\u00a0(when water falls from the sky), but a word of caution. With their famous mood swings, how can you ever really know if your cat is acting oddly?!<\/p>\n
Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Asked by: Anna Rohan, Hastings<\/strong><\/p>\n To submit your questions email us at questions@sciencefocus.com (don\u2019t forget to include your name and location)<\/em><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n By Helen Pilcher Published: Wednesday, 21 December 2022 at 12:00 am In days gone by, sailors thought ships\u2019 cats could predict the weather. Perkiness indicated fair conditions. Sneezing foretold light rain, while\u00a0weird behaviours, like licking their fur in the wrong direction, were suggestive of storms. Some even thought that cats caused the storms via magic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":22081,"template":"","categories":[30],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/do-cats-know-when-its-about-to-rain.jpg",1200,511,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/do-cats-know-when-its-about-to-rain-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/do-cats-know-when-its-about-to-rain-300x128.jpg",300,128,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/do-cats-know-when-its-about-to-rain-768x327.jpg",768,327,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/do-cats-know-when-its-about-to-rain-1024x436.jpg",800,341,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/do-cats-know-when-its-about-to-rain.jpg",1200,511,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/do-cats-know-when-its-about-to-rain.jpg",1200,511,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Helen Pilcher Published: Wednesday, 21 December 2022 at 12:00 am In days gone by, sailors thought ships\u2019 cats could predict the weather. Perkiness indicated fair conditions. Sneezing foretold light rain, while\u00a0weird behaviours, like licking their fur in the wrong direction, were suggestive of storms. Some even thought that cats caused the storms via magic…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/22080"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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