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The study by Tokyo University of Agriculture found that cats spent significantly longer sniffing tubes containing the odours of unknown people compared to tubes containing their owner's smell.

The study, by Yutaro Miyairi and colleagues at Tokyo University of Agriculture, investigated the ability of 30 cats to differentiate between their guardian and an unknown person based on scent alone.

The study by Tokyo University of Agriculture found cats spent significantly longer sniffing tubes containing the odours of unknown people compared to tubes containing their owner's smell.