Are they secretly reptiles?

  • Cats are classified as a non-Newtonian fluid.  Generally, when they relax they gain the properties of liquid and when they stretch and move about they become solid.  Time in the sun enables them to stay solid longer.  

  • Solar powered. That is why they follow the sunbeam.

  • Simply solar powered. They have to recharge often...

  • Cats have a complex communications grid with one another that involves extra planetary entities such as the sun. They send signals to the sun with “meows” and that signal gets transferred back to a sunbathing cat. Basically it’s a type of encryption beyond our understanding.

  • Same reason you like to put underwear on right out of the dryer.

    Mmmmmm! And warm sheets right out of the dryer!

  • Eons ago, the cats were on the brink of extinction. The sun god incarnate in the form of a rope to protect them. The cats pray to sun god as a way to give respect. That's also why they play with anything that resembles a rope.

  • They are warm blooded BECAUSE they spend so much time in the sun. If kept in the dark, they become cold blooded. Some even cold blooded murderers.

  • Take a nap in the sun one day. You’ll know why

  • Warm-blooded, yes, but in order to make kittens, they need to become hot-blooded (also known as being "in heat").

    They have to lie in the sun in order to get enough heat for this to work.

  • Ever been to the beach?

    Yeah. It sucked. No trees for shade and sand in my underwear.

  • There are more people to screw with outside.

  • You would spend so much time in the sun too if the cat locked you out of the house, Calvin. You don't have to be a reptile to be coldblooded.

  • I used to be a cat in high school. We had a lobby in my school, with tall windows that were perfect for lounging in. I would sit in the sun for as long as I could. It was just an amazing feeling soaking in the sun.

  • When a cat is lying in the sun you know it has recently eaten a lizard. Because "you are what you eat" they become cold blooded for a few hours.

  • Have you ever noticed how cats sometimes stick grass down their throats as though they were going to eat it? What they are actually doing is scraping chlorophyll off the blades and absorbing it. Chlorophyll is used for converting the sun's light into energy. That's why they especially want to be in the sun when they are sleepy. They are refreshing their energy.