Seriously - why do cats get 'elevator butt'

[LynneSin]

Evita gets it bad!

[pinboy3niner]

1. I thought that was called...

...twerking.

[GoCubsGo]

2. It's their way of saying "Thanks and I love you."

They can't reach the base of their tails very easily, and the scritching will send their tails shooting up. When a cat raises its butt and sticks it in or near your face, it's its way of saying "Hello, I love you".

[LynneSin]

3. Could you imagine if humans greeted each other like cats and dogs

We'd be sniffing each other's butts when we say hello

[GoCubsGo]

4. Might be the only good place to get an accurate whiff of someone.

What, with all the deodorants and perfumed shit most of us put all over ourselves to cover up what we really smell like. I like the way we actually do better.

[NuclearDem]

8. What, you don't?

[mike_c]

5. stroking them evokes memories/feelings of kittenhood....

...when their mothers licked them. Personally, I think that's the psychological door that humans get their feet into with cats. Females in particular have a reflexive butt rise in response to pleasurable stroking near the base of their tails-- it's a quasi sexual response-- and dammit, it's just a fine spot to have scratched, since they can't scratch it themselves.

[jrandom421]

6. Also

There is a bundle of nerves near the base of their tails. When you scratch them there, it feels good.

[Brother Buzz]

7. Dont tutch the but

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=7950254

[NuclearDem]

9. It drives my youngest cat absolutely bonkers.

I scratch right the base of the tail and he just happy meows, purrs, and generally goes nuts for it.