A new way to waste time on the internet: Google now makes animal noises
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/04/04/a-new-way-to-waste-time-online-google-now-makes-animal-noises/Google describes its mission as a company to "organise the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful". That now apparently extends to making animal noises.
Searching for "what noise does a [animal] make" and you will now get results featuring a short audio sample of the animal in question, ranging from your standard farmyard animals to the more exotic bowhead whale and elephant. Alternatively, try searching "animal noises" for one of the sounds at random.
It might be intended as an educational tool for children, but is possibly more likely to just be a way to waste time at work.
The selection of animals is fairly limited, with the range limited to 19 that we were able to find, but that's still enough to spend at least 90 seconds of your time. The zebra and (rather disgruntled) cat noises are particular highlights. Google also uploaded a turtle sound, but searching for it does not appear to work.
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My cat is looking all over the room - and giving me weird looks. 
Unfortunately, he enjoys standing on my keyboard. 
I saw this and thought you were joking, so I googled it and ran through the sounds with my cat on my lap. She was cocking her head, but when I got to the cat, she jumped up like a firecracker lit under her and has been pacing for the last 10 minutes trying to find the cat under and around the furniture.
That was/is freaky as shit. 
THANK you! 
He looked at me curiously at the other noises, but the cat sound sent him looking all over the room - while giving me very strange looks, like he thought the sound might be coming from me...
They didn't even stop to investigate. 
I also have a dog, so my cat was looking for that other cat...
after others have seen how successful such sites can be. Better to just put on one of the following for background noise (or therapeutic use.) 
Furry Friend - Frequency-Shaped Cat Purr Noise Generator
Jungle Life - Frequency-Shaped Jungle Noise Generator
Rainforest - Interactive Tropical Forest Soundscape
Summer Night - Near ultra-sonic Natural Frequency Sound Generator
A Bird's Paradise - Interactive Tropical Birds Soundscape
Fairy Pond - Pond Soundscape Generator (Boat, Water and Frogs)
What the... Farm - Noise Blocker for Open-Plan Offices
Grazeland - Home of the Ruminants (and more!)
Nocturnal Garden - Interactive Soundscape Generator
Skywalker - The Sound of Paragliding
(my personal setting, not the default)
Sled Dogs - Dog Powered Online Noise Generator
Subaquatic Dreams - Underwater Soundscape Generator (Dolphin, Bubbles and Waves)
Underwater - Home of the Fin Whale
I picked all of the animal noises I could find, but there may be others. Have a look around
I remember trying the purring noise when my cat was a tiny kitten. I found him in a grocery store parking lot one night on my way home and he was anything but cuddly, hoped the soothing noise might calm him down. But he's over a year old now, has grown into a beautiful cat, IMO. And he's practically a lap cat now, enjoys being petted, but he's still not particularly calm, so I'm going to try this again.
so I don't know how cats respond to it. I hope it works, especially if it did in the past
He has improved so much, looks for affection now, but I know he gets bored, despite having more cat toys than he could ever use, LOL, so I'm always looking for ways to entertain him. Here is Felix, who has grown up to be one beautiful cat! (At least I think so... 
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Kipper (named by my past-wife for a cat she used to have in Ontario) died a couple of years ago of cancer. I haven't replaced him because I'm so bad with clutter that I'd be afraid for the safety of a new cat 
That's cute with him hugging his plushy
Here's Kipper from probably five or six years ago:
Thanks!It's a cool site and the owner is often talking about other sounds and musicians on his FB page. That's where I learned about the Marble Machine by Wintergaten
Didn't turn a whisker when I played the sounds!!
