I don't know what kind of cat you guys have, but if I tried these
kinds of experiments with mine he would give me the "look of death"
and promptly scratch me :)

Actually, the cat I had as a kid was considerably more tolerant and
would probably have let me grab her paw and touch it to another cat.

Sean


On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:36 AM, Vitaliy <piclist@maksimov.org> wrote:
> Tamas Rudnai wrote:
>> But if I pet one cat enough to build up a charge and then touch the ear of
>> another cat, nothing happens. I most certainly wrongly connected with
>> petting a cat to sliding my shoes across the carpet. What then explains
>> this?
>
> There is an open circuit on the other cat :-)
> ===
>
> Or maybe, when you pet the cat, you charge the cat but yourself remain at a
> "neutral" (ground) potential? Try petting cat #1, then touching its ear with
> cat #2's paw to confirm this theory. Or, use an electroscope.
>
> Vitaliy
>
> PS Try not to get too carried away with your animal experiments.
>
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