SCIENCE LAB SCENICS : THESE ANGELIC CATS

UNBEKNOWNST to most of the world - that the Last and Final Great Prophet of Humanity and Islam - Prophet Mohammad [ PBUH ] while in prayers, would have cats - often distract him.

When the cats' affections would get out of hand, he would distract them by throwing cotton balls at them.

This post is dedicated to our beloved Cat, Lilly, and the Tom Cat Billbo, who was an inhouse guest for over many months, as the owners were abroad. Billbo was loved and had a great time with the children. He is missed.

KNOWING THE AUDIENCE : Getting the attention of a man may take more meows. And louder, and louder.

IN A STUDY published in the journal Ethology, researchers reported that cats meow more frequently when greeting male caregivers.

The team that hypothesized that men '' require more explicit vocalizations to notice and respond to needs of their cats.''

In other words, the researchers are suggesting that many cats have concluded that men don't always listen, and have adjusted their behavior accordingly.

Volunteers who identified themselves as their cats' primary caregivers were asked to wear an  unobtrusive camera and record their first few minutes after returning home, while behaving as naturally as possible.

The researchers analyzed the first 100 seconds of footage from 31 volunteers, focusing on the first cat to approach the caregiver in multicat households.

Across all demographic variables - including the sex and age of the cat, pedigree status and the number of cats in the home - only one factor was linked in vocalization frequency :

The biological sex of the caregiver.

On average, cats produced 4.3 meows in the 100-second greeting window with men, and 1.8 with women. [ The researchers also counted vocalizations such as trilling, chirping, growling or purring.]

This beautiful post continues to Part [ 2 ]. The World Students Society thanks Clarissa Brincat.