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Ethogram of the adult cat vocalization Trills Tweedle Tweet Garnishments, Greeting call produced with a soft voice like the purr Prolonged chirp or tweet often with some voice modulation Soft weak chirps, often without any clear initial [?] and with varying vowel qualities, e.g. [wi] or [heu] When something is desired When something is desired

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Ethogram of the adult cat vocalization Trills Tweedle Tweet Garnishments, Greeting call produced with a soft voice like the purr Prolonged chirp or tweet often with some voice modulation Soft weak chirps, often without any clear initial [?] and with varying vowel qualities, e.g. [wi] or [heu] When something is desired When something is desired
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Matt Potter (mattpotter@c.im)'s status on Sunday, 08-Sep-2024 06:13:30 JST Matt Potter

Cats can purr, hiss, miaow and… tweedle?
The Journal of Veterinary Science has published a really deep dive into each & every one of the possible vocalisations identified so far in domestic cats (& what they mean).
I had no idea about some of these.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7000907/#
#cats #feline #zoology #veterinary #domesticcats #ethology #animallinguistics #AnimalCommunication

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