Cats are known for their sharp senses and acute hearing, which helps them detect even the slightest sounds. While this heightened sense of hearing is advantageous for hunting and survival, it also ...
A cat like Socks may not know exactly what it is he’s saying when he mimics the sounds of his human family. He just knows that those particular noises are friendly ones they make at him.
MP3 players in the cats' pens play sounds such as rainfall and birdsong. Staff at the Mitcham Homing Centre also use a soundtrack of everyday noises such as sneezing, laughing and coughing.
Cats may simply find the sound novel and appealing, he told HuffPost UK, and “the owner may have unknowingly conditioned their cat to the sound through a positive interaction.” Dr Cahn agrees ...