"She peed in my shoes because I went away for the weekend," tweeted user @CrazyCatLady.
And this is no joke. According to the journal Animal Cognition , some cats will purposefully destroy things if they feel offended.
Animal psychologist Karen Masters explains: “They associate the owner’s action with a negative experience and ‘punish’ him.”
At the top of the list of "avengers" are Bengal cats.
LunaCats cattery owner Anna Belova told the BBC: "They knock over vases, scratch sofas and even imitate a baby's cry if they don't get enough attention."
A Pikabu forum user named Kotofey shares a story: after he got a second cat, his Bengal cat began to pretend to limp in order to divert attention to itself.
Sphinxes are another master of psychological games.
Well-known Instagram blogger Valeria Mironova (@SphynxQueen) posted a video of her bald pet Archie turning off his Wi-Fi router when he wants to eat.
“He understood the connection between the Internet and my work on my laptop,” she comments.
But the champion of cunning is the common yard cat.
Oxford professor John Smith argues in an article for Scientific American that mongrel cats are more likely to be cunning because their survival depends on their ability to manipulate people.
"They will pretend to be hungry even if the bowl is full, just to make you feel guilty," he writes.
