Crafty cats don’t sing for their supper, they cry for it

Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 15 July, 2009 to the comment subset

A hungry cat will emit a cry-like “solicitation purr” that virtually prompts their owners to feed them immediately.
According to Karen McComb of the University of Sussex, UK, domestic cats hide a plaintive cry within their purrs that both irritates owners and appeals to their nurturing instincts. The team recorded the purrs of 10 different cats [...]

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