Researcher finds that cats lie around for a ridiculous amount of time

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Feedback digs into important work done in New Zealand into the movements of cats, which found – to no one's great surprise – that their favourite activity is "lying", followed by "sitting"…

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  • Reported by New Scientist and published Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:00:00 UTC.

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