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ELI5: Why do cats hate water as much as they do?
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Cats dislike water for the same reason you do. It draws heat from your body more rapidly than air, forcing your body to work harder to stay warm. Cats have dense, double-layered, relatively non-oily fur, meaning that it takes them a long time to dry out. That hair exists to trap body heat close to the skin. When wet, that function is mostly disrupted. 

Cats can be trained to like water as kittens. I've had some that will sleep in a wet sink. Without acclimation to water when young, though, they will naturally dislike it.