Can Cats Talk? The Science Behind Meows, Purrs, and Human Manipulation
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This episode explores the science behind how cats communicate with humans through various sounds.
Send us Fan Mail Subscribe and prepare to realize your cat has been training you this whole time. In this Niche Scientists minisode of Wildly Curious, Katy Reiss and Laura Fawks Lapole dive into the fascinating research of Dr. Susanne Schötz, a phonetics professor at Lund University—and the scientist behind some of the most groundbreaking work on cat–human communication. Her research explores how cats use meows, purrs, trills, and intonation to communicate with humans, how those sounds change...
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