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go back and forth meowing at each other – literally 10 or 20 times back and forth. She says Mraow. I say Mraow. She says Mraaa? I say Mraaa? She says Mraaaawww. I say Mraaawww. And so on, for 5 or 10 minutes at a time. What is that, if not a conversation? Now, what it means exactly I'm not entirely sure! There must be regional dialects. Here “meh” is a happy word, sort of related to the purr-grunt. It’s the long extended Mrrrrraoiarrrrrrrrghhhh you have to watch out for. That tells you youre REALLY in trouble.
My current cat is by far the most vocal I’ve ever had, a part-Siamese (I think) calico. She comments on every little thing – Like, ooh! There was a noise outside! What’s that?
At first it drove me absolutely crazy. Now I can’t believe I’m actually thinking (since this one is getting up in years) my next one has got to be a Siamese or something equally vocal. I can’t imagine life without a talker
"The Tribe of Tiger" is a really interesting book about cat culture, how its evolved in different places/situations
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