People who say that just don't know how to look.
My cat's eyes are always so full of a variety of emotions we can know what she needs/wants without her having to act anything out. Once I was very sad and tied a ribbon around her neck to cheer myself up. She made an expression that conveyed so clearly "you can do this because I like you, but you're on thin fucking ice" that I understood the warning on a molecular level.
Cats and dogs are household pets because they have great capacity for social interaction as naturally social creatures. Don’t underestimate their empathy
My cat's eyes are always so full of a variety of emotions we can know what she needs/wants without her having to act anything out. Once I was very sad and tied a ribbon around her neck to cheer myself up. She made an expression that conveyed so clearly "you can do this because I like you, but you're on thin fucking ice" that I understood the warning on a molecular level.