What is It About Cats and Cardboard Boxes?

One of life’s mini-mysteries

Photo by Elena Kloppenburg on Unsplash

Anyone who has ever lived with a cat will recognize this scenario:

You buy what you think will be a wonderful toy or a cozy sleeping mat for your cat. You pull the item out of its box, turn away for just a moment —

and the cat is claiming the empty box, purring and climbing all over it as if…