Does your cat love birds or old episodes of 'Law & Order'? Image: Fernando Trabanco Fotografía / Getty Images

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Mira, my cat, does not care about television. She likes sitting on my lap while I watch TV, she just doesn’t care about what’s on it.

I thought she never would. Turns out I was just watching the wrong things. There are thousands of popular YouTube videos just for cats . I tried one of these on my TV recently, and Mira was interested. I wasn’t expecting that.

But what are cats looking for in a TV show? And is there any science behind the things they find interesting? Let’s explore that, then I’ll tell you a few of my cat’s favorite YouTube channels.

The science of cat TV

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