From what I understand, a lot of cat vocalizations to humans like meowing and purring are primarily things kittens do that cats later stop as they grow, to communicate with their mother. They learn to continue using such vocalizations with humans because humans don’t understand their body language as readily, so they discover that, for example, a certain type of meow when hungry might remind a human to feed it, and keep doing it. This also means that the meaning of a given sound is somewhat specific to a given cat, rather than some sort of universal cat language. Or at least, this is what Ive read
I definitely have learned my cat’s meows. She has a short, high-pitched, sheepish meow when we closed a door and she got stuck in the room. She has a very deep, long meow for when she’s bored and walking around at night while we are on bed. She screams at us as loudly as possible when she wants to play. Oh, and she sees another cat outside through the window, she sounds like she dying. Like, deep moans, sort of like the “old long Johnson” video, but less like words and just moaning. And then there’s meows for when she’s happy to see us after work, when she wants attention, etc.
STFU you can’t say I’m wrong on the internet in front of all these people who’s opinion I care deeply about! You wrong and I’m going to dig my heels in till I reach Australia!
Jk I like how most of Lemmy actually doesn’t do that bs. But seriously thank you for the further insight
From what I understand, a lot of cat vocalizations to humans like meowing and purring are primarily things kittens do that cats later stop as they grow, to communicate with their mother. They learn to continue using such vocalizations with humans because humans don’t understand their body language as readily, so they discover that, for example, a certain type of meow when hungry might remind a human to feed it, and keep doing it. This also means that the meaning of a given sound is somewhat specific to a given cat, rather than some sort of universal cat language. Or at least, this is what Ive read
I definitely have learned my cat’s meows. She has a short, high-pitched, sheepish meow when we closed a door and she got stuck in the room. She has a very deep, long meow for when she’s bored and walking around at night while we are on bed. She screams at us as loudly as possible when she wants to play. Oh, and she sees another cat outside through the window, she sounds like she dying. Like, deep moans, sort of like the “old long Johnson” video, but less like words and just moaning. And then there’s meows for when she’s happy to see us after work, when she wants attention, etc.
She’s very good at communicating.
STFU you can’t say I’m wrong on the internet in front of all these people who’s opinion I care deeply about! You wrong and I’m going to dig my heels in till I reach Australia!
Jk I like how most of Lemmy actually doesn’t do that bs. But seriously thank you for the further insight