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Our cat of three names was put down yesterday. He had a growth on his heart, and had just started dragging his hind legs. He was 13 and belonged to my youngest daughter.
His first name was Gypsy, when he was such a pretty kitten we thought he was a she. Plus the person we got it from said he was female. So that caused a name change to Ninja for most of his life. My daughter moved out with him, and decided he should be known as Leonard.
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"Cats prefer to sleep on their left side. This is the conclusion drawn by an international research team that analyzed several hundred YouTube videos of sleeping cats. The researchers see this bias as an evolutionary advantage because it favors hunting and escape behavior after waking up. The team from the University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy), Ruhr University Bochum, Medical School Hamburg and other partners in Germany, Canada, Switzerland and Turkey report on the study in the journal Current Biology, published online on June 23, 2025."

sciencedaily.com/releases/2025

ScienceDailyWhy cats prefer sleeping on their left side—and how it might help them surviveCats overwhelmingly choose to sleep on their left side, a habit researchers say could be tied to survival. This sleep position activates the brain’s right hemisphere upon waking, perfect for detecting danger and reacting swiftly. Left-side snoozing may be more than a preference; it might be evolution’s secret trick.