I *WILL* haz cheezburger

[dracodraconis]

I *WILL* haz cheezburger

A recent study involving 50 volunteers and the recorded sounds of 10 cats revealed that, when hungry, cats modify their purr to include sound frequencies similar to the frequency of a crying human baby. This appears to have the result of humans, even those who don't own cats, feeling obliged to respond to them. They theorized that either the harmonic triggers the human parental instincts, or is so urgent and unpleasant that humans strive to do what they can to make it stop.

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[theantijoss]

Color me COMPLETELY unsurprised. I mean, set aside that my cats indulge in serious acting out behaviors when THEY want to eat, when those things don't work, just hovering around purring and looking pathetic is usually what makes me feel guilty enough to get up and do it.

[dracodraconis]

Mine just annoy me until I relent, or wake me up at 5:30 in the stupid a.m.

[theantijoss]

If I'm sleeping too late, they'll start knocking things off shelves and tables, or scrambling into the top shelf of the closets or other places that require a lot of noise to accomplish. Then I wake up and yell, and they're all, "What? It's not our fault you suck as a servant and we have to search for our own food in the ceiling." ;)