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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

Like... what do cats think of their humans?

"Lol this stupid human feeds me for no reason"

or

"This human feels like my mother"

"This human is a great friend"

or something else?

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[-] Pechente@feddit.de 97 points 1 year ago

To support your theory: Wild cats don't meow when they're grown up. They usually only do this as kittens. When they grow up around humans they keep this trait to communicate with humans. So yeah, we're like moms or something to them.

[-] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In addition to this they also learned to meow in the frequency of a crying baby to get our attention much easier IIRC

[-] Repossess6855@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 year ago

Love this. I’ve also read they can learn and adjust how much they meow based on some of the feedback they get from the owner, ie if you actually respond to each meow with your own voice or similar. Really neat stuff

[-] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Long ago, I adopted a cat from a deaf girl. Weirdest thing, going to her house to pick one out, she had several, and none of them meowed. It was months before the one I picked out started meowing.

[-] echo@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 year ago

my cat came from a hoarder and the shelter said she might not be very well socialized because there were so many cats that they wouldn't have gotten much human attention, but she literally never stops meowing

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