Comment on Interspecies linguistics
propter_hog@hexbear.net 3 months ago
So you’re telling me that when a cat chirps when it sees a bird through the window, it’s really saying “here, birdie birdie birdie” to it?
Comment on Interspecies linguistics
propter_hog@hexbear.net 3 months ago
So you’re telling me that when a cat chirps when it sees a bird through the window, it’s really saying “here, birdie birdie birdie” to it?
Icalasari@fedia.io 3 months ago
Nah, it's trying to imitate the bird and is going, "No cat here, only friend"
Cats do have limited mimicry abilities - It's probably why there are so many videos of cats "speaking" human words - adapting that mostly unused mimicry skill to get the human's attention with sounds it notices humans use to get the attention of other humans
smeg@feddit.uk 3 months ago
Meows are supposedly mimicking human baby noises, definitely works to get our attention!