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Originally Posted by Doug of Montreal
Probably the same reason another group of people animalize everything they see. It's all they know. 
The truth, though, is that a couple of factoids you picked up on animal planet don't dictate the course in every situation. Research on animal emotion is murky at best, though it seems to suggest that it's quite possible there's more there than just survival of the fittest running through the minds of some animals.
But what does Wikipedia know? |
The TRUTH, since you seem to know it all with such authoritative fact, is that a cat will knead for dominance and comfort. Cats have scent glands on the pads of their paws. When kneading, some of the scent is released onto whatever they are kneading, and that scent is a territorial marker for other cats that will come along and claim the item or property. So when your cat is kneading your lap, he's not only telling you he feels comfortable and secure, but he's claiming you as his own. Hence what he is doing to the dead cat's body.
I agree animals can have emotions, I just don't see it in this video. The aggressive kneading with both back and front paws actually suggests to me he could care less about the body in a positive manner.
Sorry I interrupted the dead cat bonding here, you can all go back to hugging each other.