Scientists have recently found that cats, much like their owners can be left or right handed. In addition, studies indicated that female cats are much more likely to prefer the right paw while tom cats have a stronger tendency to use their left paw when faced with difficult tasks. Although both male and female cats could use either paw for simple tasks, each reverted to their favored side during more complex tests.
Even more interesting is that in one particularly difficult task the psychologists placed in front of the cats, (fishing a piece of tuna out of a small jar) all 21 female cats that took part in the test, used their right paw, but 20 of 21 tom cats used their left. The one male who did not use his right paw, surprisingly enough appeared to be ambidextrous.
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