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Kittens rely on their mothers for everything, including bathing. This behavior is both a sign of affection and protection from their mothers. Queens clean their babies immediately after they are born, because the smells associated with birth could draw predators....
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Cats learn the behavior from their mothers, so maternal instinct likely plays a role. Allogrooming might even show social hierarchy — dominance for the allogroomer and submissiveness for the allogroomee....
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And allogroomers showed offensive behavior more often than allogroomees, most often after grooming the other cat. Allogroomers often groomed themselves after grooming the other cat. The researchers hypothesized that allogrooming may be a way of redirecting potential aggression when displays of aggression might be too costly....
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