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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish92•edit-23 months agohttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-taming-of-the-cat/ TL;DR: You’re not wrong really, but the comic isn’t all that far off either.
minus-squareFlying Squidlinkfedilink9•3 months agoThe thing I think is most interesting about cat domestication is that wild cats do not meow and a domesticated cat’s meow is at a similar frequency as the cry of a human baby.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoAnd dogs geneally make wolf puppy noises.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-taming-of-the-cat/
TL;DR: You’re not wrong really, but the comic isn’t all that far off either.
The thing I think is most interesting about cat domestication is that wild cats do not meow and a domesticated cat’s meow is at a similar frequency as the cry of a human baby.
Wild cubs/kittens do though.
And dogs geneally make wolf puppy noises.