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I have heard all of these sounds, and I totally understand what they mean in this article. I'm pretty sure it depends on cats though, but I know exactly what t
by seszett 3y ago
I have heard all of these sounds, and I totally understand what they mean in this article.
I'm pretty sure it depends on cats though, but I know exactly what they mean by a cat deploying "an insistent chainsaw-like purr that bears some phonetic resemblance to a human baby's cry". I have known cats that did that.
- zabzonk 3y agoi have known cats make all sorts of weird noises, but sounding like a chainsaw? no. also, babies don't sound like chainsaws.
- kevincox 3y agoI think the "chainsaw" comparison was more about the volume. I definitely know some cats who you can hear from across the room which will bring up a chainsaw comparison as a metaphor for loud.
- ilyt 3y agoAnd vice versa we call nice sounding engines "purring", coz they kinda sound like cat purring when idling
- mikrl 3y agoListen to the pattern of a babies cry. It isn’t just one WAAAAAA, it has stops and intonation. Similar to my cat (he is a loud purrer) who makes a Puurrrr-hurrr-purrr-urrrr kind of ebb and flow in the same way babies go WAAAAA-AAAA
- ilyt 3y ago...do they purr when they want something ? Coz that's what this "scientists" claim