Scientists claim cats DO have facial expressions but most humans are really bad at reading them

Do you spend hours watching cat videos and wondering what they are thinking? A new study has revealed that cats'do have facial expressions' but many people struggle to interpret what they mean. You can tell a hissing cat is probably unhappy and a purring cat is in a good mood, but it's not been easy to tell the way a feline is feeling from the look on its face. Researchers in Canada asked more than 6,000 people from 85 countries to watch clips of cats and say whether their facial expressions were negative or positive. Cats have a reputation for being'hard to read' and animal behaviour experts from the University of Guelph say their study backs this reputation up.