Millions obsessed with viral video proving a cat has learnt to tell time
By Nadia Scurria|
Animals aren't known for living by the clock like we humans do, but one pet owner thinks their cat might have learnt how to tell time
Cat owner and TikToker Donna, ?who goes by the handle @donna.aka.donna, posted a video of her cat Chuck Norris knowing exactly when his automatic food dispenser will release his next meal.
Watch the video above.
The video captioned, "Tik tok said the cat" shows 'Chuck Norris' sitting looking up at ?a clock showing 11.59am, eagerly waiting for 12pm to hit.
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In the video captions, Donna explained her cat's food dispenser has automatically been dispensing food at the same time everyday for the past couple of years.
The footage shows the cat looking at the clock and then turning his head to the food dispenser as soon as the clock hits 12pm.
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?As the anticipation builds, the clock hits 12 but the food takes a few seconds before coming out of the dispenser.
In this moment the cat continues to look at the clock until the food eventually comes out.
The video has gone viral with more than 10 million views and a million likes.
TikTok users who watched the video shared their own experiences with their pets and time in the comments section.
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?"My alarm goes off at 5.30am. My cat wakes me up at 5.28am every day," one said.
Another said, "?I had a cuckoo clock and my dog knew when it chirped five times that it was time for my work day to be over and for her dinner."
The reason why so many cats seem to be able to tell the time is because, like humans they have a body clock that helps them pick up on cues for when they're hungry.
Connecting the dots and associating times of the day with these cues is not uncommon.
"Your cats can figure out the time without the need for a clock or an alarm. It's all down to their natural body clock, their observation of external cues such as daylight and your behaviour, and internal cues such as their own hunger," cat behaviourist Anita Kelsey tells Metro UK
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