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You’ve heard of Schrödinger’s cat (often a subject of cartoons) and Pavlov’s dogs, but now (thanks to Facebook friends) here’s cartoonist Maria Scrivan with Pavlov’s cat:

A role reversal: instead of Pavlov training dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell, this cat has trained its owner to give it food at the sound of a bell. That’s one clever cat.

Earlier on this blog from Scrivan: a posting “Implied text” of 12/20/14 with a cartoon from Scrivan’s Half Full site. It has bunny slippers too.

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