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PRETO PEROLA / SHUTTERSTOCK (KITTEN, MAIN); MATTHEW RAKOLA (BALL, CAT WITH BALL)

28 NAT GEO KIDS^ • AUGUST 2019

GAMES,

LAUGHS,

AND LOTS

TO DO!

FIND OUT HOW FAST

YOUR CAT LEARNS

INSTRUCTIONS

• Small clump of tuna or other
  smelly treat that your cat loves


• Muffin tin


• Wiffle ball


• Clock or timer

YOU NEED

Show your cat the tuna or other

treat. Place it in one of the holes

in the muffin tin, then cover the

hole with the Wiffle ball. (The

holes in the ball will allow your

cat to see and smell the treat.)

Time how long it takes your cat to

move the ball and get the tuna.

Repeat the process three more times, and

record how long it takes your cat to get to the

tuna each time.

Compare the times. If your cat was faster on

its second, third, and fourth tries, it shows

that your cat is learning: It figured out how

to extract the tuna quickly.

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2

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CAT

SCIENCE Use this experiment to find out if your

kitty is a smarty-pants by seeing if it

can solve a puzzle faster with practice.

I’m a

braInIac.

BY JODI

WHEELER-TOPPEN