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Although cats are the 3rd most common domestic animal in Spanish homes (after dogs and birds), the cat was one of the last animals to be domesticated by humanity: around 10,000 years ago (although a latest scientific study on the domestication of the cat is questioning the foundations of this process). The rise of the feline, or its period of greatest splendor, has been associated with Ancient Egypt , a fetish animal of the pharaohs and of a civilization that punished mistreatment of cats with the death penalty, which revered them as pets to the point that if a family cat died, family members would pluck their eyebrows as a sign of mourning.
In contemporary Western societies, the cat, perhaps because of its independence, which translates into lower economic, effort and time costs for people who decide to have pets (especially compared to dogs, as we saw in our articles “ How many dogs are abandoned per year in Spain? ”, is experiencing a great boom, also sponsored by its popularity on the Internet. Therefore, today we are going to explain 7 curiosities about our feline friends. 7 curiosities about cats Why do cats purr BYB Directory There are several and diverse scientific interpretations that have been given to this peculiar and vibrant sound that is produced when a muscle located in the larynx opens and closes at a speed of 25 times per second : from an expression of happiness to a therapeutic vibration.
So as noted in one of the latest studies on cat purring : All behavior depends on history, context and expectation. In this way, the various explanations may all be valid depending on the context, for example: The purr emitted by a mother cat serves as a guide and orientation to indicate its position to the babies, who are born blind and deaf and thus, through vibration, could identify their primary source of heat and food. A cat's purr produces vibrations in its body of 25 to 150 Hz, and it has been shown that a vibration between 35 and 50 Hz helps the bones heal and contributes, in general, to strengthening the bone structure of the body. Let's say that in this case the purring would work as an "intracorporeal" massage . A field study on cat purring conducted by Current Biology showed that when cats demanded food from their owners, the frequency of their purring shot up to 520 Hz (similar to the cry of a human baby asking for food, which reaches 600 Hz.
In contemporary Western societies, the cat, perhaps because of its independence, which translates into lower economic, effort and time costs for people who decide to have pets (especially compared to dogs, as we saw in our articles “ How many dogs are abandoned per year in Spain? ”, is experiencing a great boom, also sponsored by its popularity on the Internet. Therefore, today we are going to explain 7 curiosities about our feline friends. 7 curiosities about cats Why do cats purr BYB Directory There are several and diverse scientific interpretations that have been given to this peculiar and vibrant sound that is produced when a muscle located in the larynx opens and closes at a speed of 25 times per second : from an expression of happiness to a therapeutic vibration.
So as noted in one of the latest studies on cat purring : All behavior depends on history, context and expectation. In this way, the various explanations may all be valid depending on the context, for example: The purr emitted by a mother cat serves as a guide and orientation to indicate its position to the babies, who are born blind and deaf and thus, through vibration, could identify their primary source of heat and food. A cat's purr produces vibrations in its body of 25 to 150 Hz, and it has been shown that a vibration between 35 and 50 Hz helps the bones heal and contributes, in general, to strengthening the bone structure of the body. Let's say that in this case the purring would work as an "intracorporeal" massage . A field study on cat purring conducted by Current Biology showed that when cats demanded food from their owners, the frequency of their purring shot up to 520 Hz (similar to the cry of a human baby asking for food, which reaches 600 Hz.