Are you a "cat whisperer"?

[PushPurrCatPaws]

I check in on this science site pretty much every day, and today I saw this:

Cats Do Have Facial Expressions, We're Just Bad at Reading Them, Study Shows

About halfway down the page, there's a link for you to do a cat facial expressions survey -- you watch some short videos of cats' faces, and decide whether the cat had a positive expression or a negative one.

I tried the short survey, and got 6 out of eight correct. It was harder than I thought! I thought I would do better than I did, lol. The videos are very, very short (1, 2 or 3 seconds long, ack).

How did you do??

I'm going to go take the second version of the survey now (a link at the end of the short version).

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edit: Whoo!! I liked the second survey better. The cats' faces were a little easier to figure out. I got 7 out of 8 in the second survey!

 

[Jem]

I missed one for the first quiz and missed 2 on the second one. I guess I did pretty well!
I will admit though, that I was stumped on a couple and only guessed right.

 

[PushPurrCatPaws]

Figuring out the negative, or pain/discomfort, videos were a bit easier.

A few weeks ago, that science site had this story too:
Is Your Cat in Pain? Their Face Might Hold Subtle Clues

It led me to looking up "geometric morphometrics", as I hadn't heard of that before.

 

[Katie M]

I scored 7 out of 8 on the first survey, 3 out of 8 on the second

 

[betsygee]

 

[PushPurrCatPaws]

Wow! Most excellent job, betsygee!

 

[susanm9006]

I missed one on the first quiz and got all right on the second. It was hard though because you want to see more of the cat than just the head.

 

[debbila]

I don't see a place after clicking on the link to go to the quiz.

 

[Lari]

I did 7/8 on the first quiz and worse on the second (I think 4?) I'm apparently bad at the 'about to throw up' faces.

 

[AbbysMom]

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Me too!

 

[PushPurrCatPaws]

I don't see a place after clicking on the link to go to the quiz.

If you're on the ScienceAlert page, look for this for the quiz link:
"(You can take a shortened version of the survey here.)"

If you're on the Quiz home page, look for this:
"Try our interactive Cat Faces Quiz to test your skills!"

 

[PushPurrCatPaws]

Me too!

Did you do the 2nd survey, too? It's a good one

 

[MonaLyssa33]

I got 8 out of 8 on the first and 4 out of 8 on the second.

 

[CatLover49]

6 /7 on first quiz????
Somehow missed finding the 2n quiz..but I will keep looking