Sometimes the male went first, sometimes the female went first. Made a fake resume, and responded to craigslist ads with both male and female names. So then I thought "what about someone looking for working class jobs?" So I decided to focus on restaurants- servers, hosting, etc. Out of 100, my applications with a female name got 45 responses to interview The female resume was 650% more likely to get a callback. Out of 100, my applications with a male name got 7 responses for interview. I'd send it out with my real name, then a few days later (or few days before) with a female name. So I took my CV and changed the name to a female name. It's MUCH better being a woman So I did an experiment, I work in CS and decided to test what the gender bias is. "So it's a middle-of-the-food chain predator adaptation that makes cats so unique, I think.29.6K 1.3K sent 100 applications as a man and a woman. They like sneaking into holes because a) that's where food might be, and b) it's also just that when you're escaping a predator, being able to sneak into a hole is pretty handy.
"So almost everything has an offensive and defensive function. So they're not like apex predators, like a lion or a grizzly bear-there's lots of things that would make a delicious snack out of a cat. "A lot of what cats are is dictated by the fact they're middle-of-the-food chain predators. So really it's an adaptation to get into small spaces quickly. "It's almost like convergent evolution, because snakes hunt small rodents. "Cats are basically on their way to evolving into furry snakes," Burstyn said. What makes them want to squeeze themselves head-first into vases and under doors? So we know how cats are able to enter their liquid state, but the question is why they're driven to do this in the first place. Cats' bone structure and flexible spines are part of what enable them to navigate tight spots. A really skinny cat should be able to squeeze through a hole that's kind of just the size of their head, or a little larger." The Psychology of Liquid CatsĪ stock photo shows a cat crawling through a hole in a cardboard box. "They have a really loose shoulder girdle"-bones connecting the limbs to the bones along the axis of the body-"so they just squeeze right through. "A human contortionist or escape artist dislocates their shoulders to squeeze through a tight space cats don't need to dislocate anything," said Burstyn. One final biological factor in all this is the clavicle or collarbone, which in cats are not particularly well developed, meaning they're not constricted as much by the broadness of their shoulders as humans are, and are instead limited merely to the size of their skulls.
#SQUISH THAT CAT VET SKIN#
"When we look at a cat we think we're seeing a cat, but we're actually seeing its skin and the real cat is inside there somewhere!" "Cats basically have like twice as much skin as they actually need for their body," Burstyn said, holding up Claudia, his feline YouTube co-star.
That's because another key factor is that cats have a lot of excessive skin-more than most animals, according to the vet-which, when combined with their fur, gives them a floppy, fluid-like appearance. After all, snakes are flexible but don't seem to have the same liquid credentials as cats do. One way to see this in action is how cats re-orient themselves when falling, Burstyn says.īut that's not all. This contraction and expansion design is what makes cats' spines so flexible, combined with exceptionally strong muscles surrounding them. When they're crouching it's loaded, and it's designed to just explosively expand." "So their spine is basically like a spring.
"Cats are ambush predators," the vet said via video call. Going into biology first, Burstyn says the key to cats' flexibility is in their spines. There are two main factors to consider: biology and psychology. Cats have a penchant for squeezing into tight spaces. A stock photo shows a cat snoozing inside a small plastic container.