This episode is based on the Popular Science article “Why do cats hate water? SD: Here at Popular Science, we love obsessing over zany questions,AC: And this week we asked: Why do cats hate water? And with that, we’ll be back with all the details of why cats hate and occasionally love water, after this short break. But I do think it’s important to note, as we are saying cats hate water, that we are mostly talking about domestic house cats. But yes, for most cats, water isn’t very fun and it actually can interfere with how they experience the world around them.