Do cats learn from other cats?

[PinkSparklyPussyCat]

Ever since a Bengal moved in next door Harry has become extremely vocal. He doesn't seem remotely stressed, just loud! He woke me up at 4.30 this morning singing the song of his people so I let him out in the garden and he sat outside having a good old meow then he settled down.

Is he taking lessons from the Bengal? Is that even possible?

I love the way other cats learn useful things and Harry learns how to annoy...

Rafa used to have a little ginger friend who followed him everywhere. I watched Rafa one day teaching him how to be 'cute' ie. dropping to the ground, rolling onto his back and doing the whole floppy paws and upside-down head move. The ginger watched Rafa earnestly and then copied him, it was adorable 😻

@Cattitudes

This makes me doubt girl cat's brain capacity even more. Despite living with clever boy cat she is still unable to cat effectively (jump, bury in litter tray, catch anything) think she is definitely taking instructions from a fluffy cushion rather than her brother.

She knows exactly what she's doing. Being superior in every way and not lifting a paw.

I’m loving the cats who growl at closed doors!

Ollie never jumped on the worktops until he watched not my cat doing it
He also stands at the fridge now because not my cat showed him that the good human food lives in there

I think they absolutely do. We have two rescues - have had them for 3 weeks. One is a confident people type cat, the other a shy ex feral. The shy one is getting bolder by the day. The confident one calls her into the living room, sits with her, shows her where things are. He gets a bit pushy sometimes, but she bats him away when she's not happy. It's lovely to watch them interact and I reckon in 6 months or thereabouts he will have made her confident enough to feel properly safe in our house.