I should think it's pretty obvious why cats like boxes.
Cats evolved into a niche where they are both predator and prey. So consider the benefits of a lair-with-a-view.
For the role of predator, they have a view plus concealment. Ambush! For the role of prey, they have both concealment and protection.
I think the only real question is, what's with cats sitting in rectangles painted on the floor ? Is it just the usual cat thing of going to wherever humans' attention is going ?
Or does a rectangle activate some pattern recognition circuit ? If so, does it still work if the cat has grown up in an environment without objects with right angles, such as / including boxes ?
Cats evolved into a niche where they are both predator and prey. So consider the benefits of a lair-with-a-view.
For the role of predator, they have a view plus concealment. Ambush! For the role of prey, they have both concealment and protection.
I think the only real question is, what's with cats sitting in rectangles painted on the floor ? Is it just the usual cat thing of going to wherever humans' attention is going ?
Or does a rectangle activate some pattern recognition circuit ? If so, does it still work if the cat has grown up in an environment without objects with right angles, such as / including boxes ?