Weird: Cat and cell phone

Question
QUESTION: For some reason my cat is very attracted to my Nextel. Sounds weird, huh? It's not really that she's attracted to the phone itself, but every time I use the walkie-talkie feature she becomes extremely affectionate and comes to wherever I am and rubs on me. Even if she's asleep, if she hears that I'm using the phone she comes to love on me. It's probably just because she weird, but do you have any ideas as to a reason?

ANSWER: Akara,

Actually that is a common response from a cat. A cat has no concept of what a phone is or what it is used for. The only thing the cat hears is your voice, and she thinks you are talking to her.

Tabbi

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QUESTION: Thank you, that makes sense. It just seemed strange to me because normally when I talk to or call my cat she just ignores me. And even if I'm not talking on the phone, just pressing the buttons, she comes and rubs on me. I guess she's just curious, or maybe she thinks I should be giving my attention to her instead of the phone, LOL. Thannks for your time. :)

Answer
Akara,

Sometimes only a cat knows why it does the strange things it does. It's hard to tell sometimes what goes through their minds, or what they are associating things with. I have found there is no 'normal' behavior when it comes to cats!

Tabbi