Where would we be without science?
According to New Scientist, they have finally worked out how cats purr.
It makes sense that the larger the animal, the longer the larynx, the deeper the sounds an animal can make. So how does a little teeny dude like a cat make such a low rumble?
They dissected eight cats (which had been put down due to illness, they swiftly explained lest the internet come down on them like a ton of geeks), blew air through their larynxes and it made a farty sound. This they traced to some flappy cartilege in the windpipe. I may have taken liberties with the language.
So there you have it.
Having solved this important scientific problem, they turned their attention to why do cats like to sit in boxes? No, really.
October 3, 2023 — 7:33 pm
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