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[-] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

Well it's based on a fact, iirc the real thing is domesticated cats learn to keep their kitten mew because humans respond to it, nothing to do with imitating human babies. But that does mean that only cats raised by people meow.

[-] uienia@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

But it also means that it is a complete lie that "cat's don't meow to each other".

[-] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

never heard a tiger meow, so you might be onto something

[-] lauha@lemmy.one 12 points 5 months ago

Feral cats definitely meow

[-] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Fair, tigers dont make sound i'd classify as a meow. But other big cat species do :
https://youtu.be/XDvZclY-5q8?si=vklhZBCMev4VQrnH
https://youtu.be/BXhfZRE08ko?si=RKbFDYGwbu53TA-s

I always believed , though im not a biologist, that they kept doing it because they got something nice as a reward. Pets, food, water, door that is being opened,... The meowing is linked to getting something good so they keep doing it.

[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

It's not, wild adult cats still meow

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