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- Dr John Bradshaw explains why pet cats constantly miaow at their owners. Taken from Cats Uncovered.
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Me an uncivilized peasant: *meow*
BBC intellectuals: *_MIAOW_*
Dude in dutch its miauw
Funny!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
We Austrians say Miau.
"intellectuals"
"BBC"
Pick one
@@peterdumpel5729 in spanish we say Miau too, but we also use a word for that sound Maullido , is interesting how in other languajes the sound is the word.
american cat: Meow
british cat: Miaow
cats in my hood: aye yaow
X X cats from Australia: ʍoɐᴉW
india: mwaooo
Cats near my house : iiiiiiw... Hmmm
Chinese cat: Mi Hao
@Treasures of Sin mine makes: nyaa nyaa~
So literally they're making baby noises when trying to talk to humans lolol
and we do the same to them
And what were you expecting? Them to talk like humans?🤦🏻♂️
@@azhanali7270 it's not even entertaining, so tragic
The same thing goes for the dogs. The dogs bark, the wolves never. The dogs emit some puppies noises that wolves don't do because its effective to communicate with humans which have a noise-based communication.
And the noises of babies are pretty the same among the mammals, and we are receptives to the sound of babies, probably because grow children take so much time for our lifespan.
Cute czcams.com/video/ddnzlZnw-ZM/video.html
literally everyone: _meow_
the bbc dude who titled this: *MIAOW*
Here we type it like miauw
WhatRDose I always spelled it Mew sometimes meow I have never heard of miaow
Right? I'm like oo I wanna know what a miaow sounds like
Until I realized they meant meow
Taylor Kay what if cats speak in different languages... 🧐
@@Laluan jij bent 100 procent Nederlands.😂
My cat just sends me text messages nowadays.
I miss the days when our cats actually talked to us. Now their faces are always in their phones.
KSCIAA 0 "I'm hungry, lol :3"
BlueonGoldZ same what phone does he have mine has the iphone7
Adrifspy041 Adrift Nextel chirp phone
scientists prolly knows better how to spell it :D
I love when you touch a cat and they are not expecting it and they go ‘brrp?’
That’s my fave.
Omg yes
Ah, yes, the "question" meow. Love that one.
The "excuse you"? I love that.
yes, that one is pretty awesome
that's called purring
"Mrs. Piggy's learned how to say milk, so she does a proper milk meow. She's like, 'MeEoWkK' " lol what a wonderful collection of words.
My cat used to do that! She would stand in front of the fridge & meow but put a "k" on the end!! She only did it when she was in front of the fridge, knowing her cat milk came from there! 🐈
How is this top comment?
This is too good
For those who want to replay this moment it’s 3:19
.... Mine just screams noooooooo! At me when I try to stop it doing naughty things
Jesus our God
Week 3 of quarantine: watching why cats "miaow".
'Me too kid'
E
Been in quarentine since feb..its june 9th...." 🙃🙃🙃 seen every corner of youtube by now
@@brookekay9824 every corner of youtube by meow. Fixed
How about month 4 of quarantine watching cats meow
That mother cat was just like:
"YO GIVE ME THAT"
Freezy JZL Give me TaHt MeAt Boiiiii
That pussy wants em' meat
LMFAOOOOO
😂😂😂😂
" NO YOU DONT UNDERSTAND HE IS LITERALLY YELLING FOR ME *GIVEMEMYFUCKINGBABY* "
A "meow" is far better than "Where's my food, slave ?"
They know how to placate their human slaves.
Best comment so far hahaa
PierrotBolnezify, Lul
PierrotBolnezify or WHERE ARE MY BALLS
Cat is my king and I'm the slave
@@lees8359 So true :))
Basically a meow means "I'm a baby."
"help."
have you ever been talking to people in babylaungrage cause you think that they are stupit? i like to belive that is what meow means 😂
CATS ARE MY BABIES
My cat learned that ripping at my leather furniture gets my attention.... oh man^^
Put some clear packing tape on the parts of the furniture she scratches. She’ll hate the sensation and won’t bother your furniture again!!
@@off_mah_lawn2074 thanks! :)
Tiny Cook Haha keep going until you house is covered in tape!! JK. Our cat tried that, but she eventually stopped doing it after she scratched the tape enough times
My cat learned that too, we put a clear plastic covering on our sofa, but he was persistent and scratched the plastic! He does it while looking directly at us with big eyes
mine learnt to go behind the tv and unplug cables
So cats use baby talk to communicate with us and we use baby talk to communicate with them.
Keith Price they just think we are stupid
the smallest common denominator
+Claudia Jean
Not really, no. It's more along the lines of that they evolved a "cute noise" that they use during their adolescence to get their mother's attention. They keep that ability into adulthood, and since cute things catch human attention rather easily, they learn to make that cute noise to get our attention when they want things from us.
Basically, they treat us like we're their parents because in terms of their ability to understand complex relationships, that's the closest thing that they have to our relationship with them.
Noticed that babies are decidedly cute? That's because our brains attach us to them (making us think more positively of them, thus making us more likely to keep them safe) by making qualities common to infants and small children stand out in a way that we've dubbed being "cute." Cats imitate this to the best of their ability because it makes us more likely to give them things like food and companionship, both things that make living longer more likely.
+Solaire of Astora Then why do I find a lot of babies to not be cute but actually ugly? Some are cute to me and some ugly.
Solaire of Astora baby humans are ugly! I have never seen one that I think is cute. But I love all the baby animals! They are the cutest!
Cats with people: meow
Cats outside with only other cats: wareereweewasyur
Omg I needed this laugh
do you think the other cat language is just them talking shit out about us telling other cats how dumb we are when we respond to the noises kittens are supposed to make
Cats with people: gonna be a cuddly fluffy purring furball again to get some food.
Cats with other cats: fuck off my territory or die.
Cats with other cats be like hiss.
😂
Narrator: “Why do cats meow?”
My cat: *distant meow*
We had a kid at out secondary school who would do a meow so good that he was known as the cat kid. It was my second day of year 9 and everyone was talking about him. He'd always be walking on his own or meowing to year 11s. I left school 3 years later and I only ever heard him meow I never heard him spoke. It was a really good impression of a cat, can't lie. I wonder what he's doing amidst the corona virus lockdown
I'll give you another one. I go to a trade college and I seen him on the last lesson of our first day back after summer and he walked into our 2nd year college class. Now this was a second year class and it was the kids first day. We was all working in our note books 30mins into the lesson and he walked in. This is more common in college as your rooms change all the time. Anyways he walked into the wrong class, it happens and you just laugh it off and say wrong room buddy but he just kept his head down sat at the nearest seat and started taking his books out.
Now on the first day you learn what group your in and your told you'll be together except maybe for English and Maths (if you failed them).
So after giggling when he walked in we were confused after a few seconds and were like "hey buddy I don't think your supposed to be here what room are you supposed to be in" he just ignored us and finished taking his books out then looked up at us and told us he wasn't.
now I was abit stoned (you know how college is) so I just start laughing and everyone is just giving each other "what the fuck??" looks.
I'm looking at him and I'm sure I recognise him but cant put my finger on where from. Our college tutor is more sympathetic them some of us and really tries and give him a helping hand and take him to exactly where he needs to go.
Our tutor escorts him there then comes back. We crack on.
Ten minutes later hes back. Somehow our tutor took him to the wrong room. But he's sure he's meant to be in our room
We send him away to the teachers lounge to ask for any of the teachers he's had that morning.
He comes back and just waits at the door looking in like he wants to come in then looking away when people look at him. We tell him to come in sit down and pull out his timetable your given on the first day
We quickly find out he is in the right room weird huh? He was meant to be in the room 2 hours ago for his last lesson. I didnt think it was possible. Not a single person on earth could behave more baked and burnt out then this kid but he really doesn't Blaze if you seen him from afar you'd attribute him to be a book worm. I don't know to this day how the hell he fucked up as profoundly as he did. Hes not got a bad bone in his body I really wish him the best he's going to need it. He doesn't meow any more he doesn't purr. I don't know if he's been weened off or something but the cat noises are no more. No more misto kitty, no more universal adoration from everyone over his super realistic cat noises just a simple mortal like us all. I thought one day he mightve profited off of his ability. In the mean time it looks like his little kitten hands are going to be worked to the claw because it's plastering for that mon
That's all folks
we have several of them here too in 2 school and 1 preschool. Everyone seems to just love making cat noise for other class to hear.
@@firstnamelastname5612 Sounds like he's not only got the noise of a cat nailed down, but also the spirit.
Am just a nigga widda rocket lawnchair so he never said any word at all? Just meow? That’s a mental issue right there.
@@VulpeculaJoy fucking damn right, he wouldn't do much just out of sheer free will. But what he chose to do, he excelled in incredibly
in Australia we say "ʍoǝɯ"
Genius
Witchcraft!!!
No, that's Russia
No. Australia doesn’t exist.
you sir have 29009909099k iq
Who else meows back at their cat when they meow😂
Jayden Bagley lol me
Who doesnt?
Jayden Bagley
I meow for no reason at them
They be like "looks like my human want to feed me"
Sammya Majumdar Exactly, haha. So many people comment the most common and basic "relatable" shit for likes.
I chirp at her all the time.
100 million dollars was spent on this groundbreaking research.
Results: Cats Meow to get our attention.
Better results than the ones we get from spending billions on foreign wars
They meow for food
It is great to try to understand animals...part of our commission to care for the animals.
Worth every penny
@@giantspiderproductions3356 americans really do live on their own little island.
1:07 "Give that back."
British cats be like "miaow"
german cats be like "miau"
BBC sure are smart
@@froschreiniger2639 same with spanish speaking cats
@@applemarta14 Really? I thought it's more like "kurwa miau"...
Mjau
"Miaow" is the most poetic thing I've read this year.
@@BamBam-pl2cx will do
@@glanni Will wait
Almost like in German, here its MIAU
Elsa Frost “meow” is a million times better
@@gerbilpmc french: miaou
2:10
So basically cats think humans are dumb, so they talk to them with a simple language so humans can understand...
🤔
Sherif Ghoneim no they just realised that noise = affection for humans.
We would probably meow too if our brains stopped developing at 3 years old
@@dookie3453 but cats live like 12 years
@@dookie3453 yes they have affection on humans for sure...
But it was a joke!!!
I think I came off as really passive aggressive in my comment I didn’t mean it
@@dookie3453 never mind my man
1:06
Mother Cat: *GIVE HER BACK*
A doctoral degree in cat behaviour??? Sign me up!!!
Hahaha same
First of all you brits it's meow not miaow
Second of all its behavior not behaivour
behaviour is how you spell it when you are british. Same thing with miaow.
+xFinityYT behaivour and miaow are not words
_Cause it would be strange if cats barking_
LOL!
Have you ever seen the video of the bird barking?
czcams.com/video/JF48hyKydN4/video.html
I spend alot of time on youtube lol
😂😂😂
*if they bark
HHAHHAHAA
bruh the only reason i clicked on this is bc of the weird spelling of 'meow'
Me too
That's a good cat on your pfp
That's the normal spelling. Original obviously.
Me tooooo
@@Lightnings no. Fuck off. You're an idiot. Its meow, you uncultured hemorrhoid.
1:16 This guy watches kittens to figure out why they meow for a living. I guess I should have stayed in college.
as someone majoring in Biology, yes this might be what I want to do in the future
Weirdly enough
I once tried that type of meowing towards a Mother Cat before and she went crazy sniffing me and looking around meowing as well. She thought I was Her kittens or thought they were trapped somewhere,its actually quite interesting to be able to understand animals.
@@iamdone687 huh
@@zNblack00 well especially because it's biology, don't they have anything more useful to research? I would be ashamed of being interviewed for this reason.
@@sarahbasto6520 biology is a very large subject. Someone who is intrested in animal behaviour might not be intrested in cells and bacteria for example. There are so many people who study biology and there is no need to be ashamed of it whatever it is that you do. I find animal behaviour very intresting, but I'd rather stay with microbiology. Just because someone studies biology does not mean they like every part of it :)
Later in my cat's life, she started holding prolonged conversations with me. Several meows of different tones strung together without pausing. Then she'd stop, I'd answer with something arbitrary like "is that right?" And she'd continue. Between that and learning to stick her tongue out at people in a very ornery human-like manner, she was incredibly bizarre and scarily smart.
Alan Rizkallah sounds like an awesome baby
My cat does the exact same thing! He's 6 now, and i can make full 'conversation' with him, too adorable. He'll come in, start chatting for a couple of minutes, i'll ask him: would you like this or this? And he will answer with another 4-5 minutes of meowing😂💕
my cat does this too! Its so cute
awww
Good for you, you have been domesticated by a cat.
My cat has never uttered one meow since we got her. Nothing. I assume she’s a mute, she doesn’t even purr. I’ve had to adapt and learn her every tiny body movement and language. She speaks with her eyes and tail.
My cat didn’t used to meow before too, but now I moved and all he does is meow and demand things. Sometimes they learn to meow and other times they don’t I guess.
1:06 "Hey! Gimme my kid back human!"
LOL I was looking for this comment 😂😁 good job! I didn't see anyone else comment on that part! Maybe they didn't notice?!
Cat: "Meow".
Translation: "Hey, SugarDaddy, I need some food/playtime/a massage/hugs & kisses/a safe place to sleep & laze around/new toys/catnip/someone to tell me how great I am. Won't you help out poor, cute, little ol' me?"
😸
A dog knows the owner is the master. Cat thinks ITS the master. Dogs > cats
But... you just explained exactly why cats are awesome, so your equation doesn't add up. ;)
Yeah I don't want a slave, I want a companion who considers itself worthy to be an equal. So cats all the way, but I love dogs too they are great in their own way.
Dorotea Robnik If I want to pet and adore my dog, he will let me and he loves it. I can't do that with my cat. He's just out for himself. He doesn't care about me. THAT is why dogs are way better pets
Oh yeah and also cat has way more softer/fluffier fur than a dog and it is so nice to touch and pet, well at least my longhair cat.
Well, that's certainly one way to spell meow.
It is......its the British spelling for meow
Write u instead of ow and you have the German spelling
It's ironic that your name is "Diversity Is Our Strength" while you mock another culture's way of spelling words. xD
@@buzzygrumbleton8386 his name is sarcastic... it's a meme...
@devansh kaushal since when?
I've probably watched this video a dozen times now and I still rewatch it every time it comes up on my feed.
To other cats: Good morning to you, Mr Ruffles. I must insist that you cease this impertinent obstruction of my passage at once, or I shall have to get quite cross.
To humans: uwu bweakfast and affewction pwease uwu~
I read this in ProZD’s voice
@@idc5309 ProZD FANN
Uwu moment
Bro what is the compound's name on your profile picture it seems damn aromatic
@@bhanunautiyal1482 It's serotonin :P
I had a cat that was not vocal at all. Then a second cat came into the home that was really vocal. My first cat saw that this meow got things like food or an open door, he started getting vocal. They do observe, learn and change behaviours. Clever kitties!
That's basically the same with my cats. I got my black cat when she was newborn and she stopped being vocal after a few months of age. She mainly communicates though biting and body language, oddly enough. When we got our kitten back in May, we found that he's insanely vocal. She's started chirruping more often and has since become more playful and more relaxed. I still wish I could get a few meows out of her more often (she has such a soft, lovely meow when it happens), but I doubt it will ever occur. Interesting how a cat with a different personality can shape another's!
Cats aren't dumb, and are less aloof than people think, but also aren't subservient like dogs will happily be.
Cats do learn how to manipulate their humans! It's nice to see them learn and adapt.
skywriting33 that’s the same here. I purposely got a second cat that was vocal because our first one was quiet. Now I have two vocal cats 🐈 🐈
skywriting33 I had a cat who hardly ever meowed but I was ten and smothered her with love lol
I notice they will observe you and often will yawn after you yawn. The contagious yawning isn't just a human thing lol.
let me out
let me out
let me ou
let me ou
le me ou
lemeou
emeou
meou
meow
meow
#holdthedoor
kimsmells1 lol 🚶 trapped in 🐈
The Coton #neverforget
What about cats in countries that don't speak English?
Millennium old question has been answered!
Of course!
It's because dogs have masters, but cats have servants.
2:02 That cat actually said "hello"!
1:07
"Unhand my child please, he is very important to me"
sir thats my emotional support child
sir my child
give him back pls
This comment section brought so much tears to my eyes😭😂😂
My two cats are so vocal, it’s insane. It’s probably because whenever they meow at me, I meow back as a joke, and they probably take it to be a serious form of communication or even conversation.
It's been 1 year since. Are your cats okay now? Still alive?
Are you still here.a year later?
@@alyankhan448 youve only been here for a week lol
Ever wondered exactly what you've been saying to them when you meow back? 😹
legit my 13 year old cat is the same 😂
Meanwhile my cat doesn’t miaow, it always looks like he’s about to miaow but there is no sound
3:48, not always true. They can use body language like dogs do. They may stand near their food/water bowl or get on the owner’s lap to show something without meowing.
True.
cat is magnificent creatures they never look ugly always walk elegantly with their unamused face
sphynx cats maybe?
Himalayan cats look kinda ugly-ish
Sphynx cats are beautiful~
nobul and they are independent, which is rare happen to another animals when we pet them...
nobul Even when they lick their balls ? 😂
Because they don't bark.
+NunyaDammeBiznis they do bark. SCIENCE!
+Danial Shamshuddin ookk ??
Lexi Morrison science: the answer to everything.
+NunyaDammeBiznis Cats learnt to meow without human interference. Dogs on the other hand, were taught to bark. WE did that to them. It's not the same thing.
+NunyaDammeBiznis Actually they do bark.
The answer you're looking for is: it's a kitten vocalization that gets humans attention.
American cats: Meow
English: Miaow
David Bowie’s cat:
*Bites za dusto*
Bites *ZA DASTU*
*_is that a jojo reference_*
English cat: Miaow
Chinese cat: Mao
Italian cat: Mama Miaow
Danish/Norwegian cat: Miåååååw
Meme cat: LMAOW
African cat: ROAAAAAARRRRRRRRR... o_o
German Cat: Meousch
Indonesian : meong
Slovenia: Mjauuuu
Moo
Russian: Мяу (miauuuu)
1:06 "Git your paws off my kid!!!"
I used to joke that my aunt's cat Garfield had a "broken squeaker" because his meows were high-pitched and stopped in the middle. Like MIH-OW, lol.
Cats to humans really be like "I'm babey"
I've read elsewhere that scientists propose housecats as living in an "extended kittenhood" where they retain many kitten behaviors (like meowing and being useless) because they trust they are provided for. It's pretty amazing that there are still so many mysteries surrounding the behavior of cats, given how intertwined they are with human culture globally. I bet there are similar mysteries about dogs and other domesticated animals.
UTAU53Yui I agree, it is pretty amazing how we don’t fully understand cat/dog behavior and language, yet they’ve been alongside us for thousands of years. All animals are pretty unique in the sense that they are all living organisms like us, yet we don’t truly understand what makes them “tick”.
"Meowing and being useless" 😂😂😂
Dogs are easy to figure out. They are one dimensional personas.
Getting rid of pests is not useless...
@@dubuyajay9964 You haven´t seen my cats. They catch mice, bring them into the house and then loose interest. It´s always up to me, to catch them :D
1:07 "man gimme my kID BACK NOW"
I'm in tears XD
LOL
XD
@@hanoisme7858 Hi baby
Ngakak anying😭😭
When a cat purrs right into my ear I get the biggest goosebumps
They wonder about a cat to human universal language: OH LONG JOHNSON 😂
I'm up at 3 am watching this, what happened to my life.
+BEEP BEEP BEEEP gta song just wait 'til your Olde, 3am is a regular time to be awake...just not staying up until.....
+BEEP BEEP BEEEP gta song
You're learning the ways of the Cat.
+BEEP BEEP BEEEP gta song I´m uploading videos and watching this :D
funny thing is same
+BEEP BEEP BEEEP gta song
IT WENT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
*no one:*
*not a single soul:*
*BBC:* Miaow
Edit: Holy fuck almost 500 likes!!! Mom I told you Im gonna be famous!
Φακ οφ
Big black cock miaow?
Fuck, beat me to it. 10/10
Miau in spanish, meow in English, nyah in Japanese.
BBC: Fuck it miaow
People who copy each other are boring
Cats in other country : MEow
Cats in Soviet Union : WEow
Wow
How could you possibly know? The Soviet Union hasn't been in existence for almost 30 years and you're probably still a teenager...
@@Josef-EU I'm not sure if you got the joke and are just kidding or if you didn't get it at all.
@@Gabriel-zx3ge Oh, that was a joke? Very funny... I can't stop laughing.
@@Josef-EU u asked for this.
ok boomer
This whole video makes me smile. Cats are so cute
British cats: Miaow
American cats: Meow
Chinese cats: Miao
Japanese cats:
*Nyan*
German cats:NEIN
NYAAAA >W< >:3 😩😳💦
Chinese cat's: PAN SIZZLING
Russian cat : NIET!
Мяу ;)
I took my cats for a walk. No leash or anything, they just followed me the entire way and back.
100% serious! They even played with each other in the bushes for a while, so I stopped and let them. Then when I wanted to go I just called out to them and they came running to me. I have weird cats ;P
i used to take my cat for strolls in the countryside. One time, midway through a stroll, I had heard some truffle in the dry leaves and spotted a young bird, as i was thinking about catching it, i look back at my cat and he has already started his charge. He made the catch look so easy, disabled the bird and brought him to me. I was so thankful but told him i couldn't eat it. So he ate it whole, feathers and everything. RIP Luke.
My old cat used to do that 😂
***** lol
sounds like a russian fairy tale.
This video isn't long enough. I want more!
At 0:27 the cat literally said "owo"
My cat Abner, Meows when he wants out. He goes to the door and says MeOUT..
+PaPa Blista cute cat name!
Buhahaha!
Same my cat does that too
lmao
+Chris News ola meout
my cat don't meow for stuff she just attacks me wen she needs something
lol
Mebee give her what she needs when she's not attacking you then ;)
+spidaminida trust me she's savage it's worst when she needs me to play hide and attack with her!
Ach I wouldn't put up with that nonsense ;)
Maybe she's a cat that didn't learn to meow to speak to humans.
I love the sound of a cat's meow.
Beautiful Cats! Thank you for this informative video,
1:06 Mommy Cats : *GIVE HIM BACK!!! U HOOMAN*
Doctor James GIVE MY SON BACK HOOMAN
Hate this word "Hooman". I wanna punch every grown up ass doin baby-talk...
@@MrZer000 You need a hug. 🙆♂️
@@MrZer000 nah it's cute
@@MrZer000
Check out r/doggohate on reddit
I've had more than one cat that went "ack ack ack ack ack" when they saw birds.
My cat did that. She spent an entire Sunday afternoon sitting on the windowsill watching the birds, and by the end of the day developed the 'ack ack ack' noise (like a clicking almost) and always replicated it when birds were nearby.
Funny isn't it? They must have some sort of language. My cat also goes brup brup brup when she's about to be fed.
Mine does that too. Also when I use a laser pointer and beam it on the ceiling where it can't get it. Then it looks up at it and makes those sounds.
Cats do that to catch them. Copycat isn't just a random term. When a cat goes "ack ack ack", it is trying to chirp to make the bird let its guard down so it can kill it.
Don't look now, but I think your cat plans to shoot a death ray at it...XD
...Get it? When Martians Attack...ack-ack...ack ack...ack...I'm gonna go stand in the corner now.
I love how this video calls me out in so many ways
Cats everywhere: Meow
Cats in Japan: Nyan
Cats in mangas: Master
Cats in real life: Slave. Feed me.
Animals in manga are one of 3 things:
Tsundere
Not yet a character
Aaaand, both of my cats come running into the living room because of the video.
They probs you were cheating on them lool
Richard Hudson same lmao
Mine doesn't care at all
My cat figured out that there's no real cat, he doesn't even react anymore :[ lol. I tried letting him watch a screensaver with fish. He just went behind the screen, figured out that it was a trick, and lost interest.
Nick Kohlmann
Probably because she's cheating on you with another owner
me: meows at random cat.
cat: ?
owner: ??????
me: sad face in the bushes.
same to me when meow to neighbor's cat
What.
I think both owner & cat are just freaked that there is strange person hiding in the bushes & meowing at them. 🤣
Should have said 'miaow' instead.
Can totally relate minus the bush part. xD
Clicked on the vid for miaow comments, wasn’t disappointed
Cats in the US: Meow
Cats in Britain: Miaow
Cats in Germany: Miau
Cats where I live: Just gimme some food or I'll end your life
My cat rarely makes a noise, and finally I think I've discovered why from this video.
When she was a kitten she was thrown out, and approached my friend for help (a year later he found out that it was his neighbours who had abandoned her in snowy weather). I agreed to take her into my home, but did not expect her to survive as she was starved and traumatised, her behaviour suggesting that she had been physically abused.
I now suppose that she did not learn a positive connection between making noise and getting attention, either nothing happened, or she was beaten. For weeks she did not need to make noises to attract me, I was fully attentive as she was in such a bad state.
Now, as I'm retired, we spend a lot of time together, and she is rarely more than a few metres away (due to the state she was in when she came to me, she has become a house cat, and rarely shows any interest in outside, unless I am there). Consequently, she usually uses physical methods of telling me she is there, nudging, head butting and patting me with her paw is enough for me to react. She also knocks on the window if I'm outside.
I think that in the 15 months I've had her, she has meowed less than ten times, chittered 3 or 4 times in my presence, and purred hardly ever. The only time that she was vocal was before she was spayed, so I know she can make noise.
I'm so glad to have seen this video, I'm not so worried about her lack of noise.
Philip Meers What kind behaviors make you think she was abused in the past? I’ve heard that cats getting startled easily is just a cat thing in general.
@@cultofgunter881 When I first took Katy into my house she was frightened of women, and would try to attack them if they approached her. My friend who found Katy has since discovered that the woman, who appears to have been the person who abandoned her, has a reputation for treating her children, and other pets that she has had, badly.
For a long time she was frightened if I walked close to her in shoes. She would try to hide. Yet if I was barefoot she did not react.
At first, I thought she was just a cat that was nervous when I moved too quickly, but it became obvious that it was more. I discussed it with the vet, who said that there was evidence she had been injured more than once in the previous couple of months, and that it was due to being hit, being kicked, or possibly having been thrown against something.
Philip Meers
Poor Katy :( , no pet should ever have to go through an owner experience like that.Glad to know that she’s in good hands now. I hope she’ll get over her trauma soon :)
@@cultofgunter881 Thank you. I'm pleased to say that my efforts have paid off. Katy trusts me, and likes spending time with me - sometimes too much, lol, it's like being the mother of a toddler, I've forgotten what privacy is! It's rare now that she shows negative behaviour, so I think she has forgotten the worst.
I'm too polite to write down what I would like to do to people who abuse animals!
@@PLuMUK54 you are an amazing human being and if anyone tries to say otherwise I'll smack them.
on 0:27 the Cat clearly says "oh nooo" 😹
Maciej Czajkowski Illuminati confirmed
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Lol
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I hear it now lol
Meow is my favorite sound.
this video is so wholesome ...
Cats are such beautiful complex and loving little critters.
I think they are beautiful, complex, intelligent and awesome creatures. But not very loving. They don't make good pets, coz they aren't pack animals. They are solo, and don't belong in a family. Raising then as part of family puts them in an awkward position as they instinctively don't really care for others, but having human companionship gets them free food and shelter..
Marquiz Milton that’s simply not true. Cats can be very loving and affectionate. There’s a vast amount of studies suggesting felines are a bonding animal.
Hmmm.. maybe. I am not saying that cats are incapable of bonding. I've raised a couple of cats myself and they were quite affectionate too. i was just saying that they don't bond the way dogs or goats or other pack animals do. it is best to keep an animal that lives in a pack as a pet because their brain is wired to respond to a family hierarchy.
American Cat: "Meow!"
British Cat: "It's pronounced M-I-A-O-W, actually."
oh my god, underrated
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Read it in Hermione's voice 😂
Russian cat: cyka blyat *drinks vodka*
@@cryptic2121 мяу
"Why do cats meow?"
*VSAUCE MUSIC STARTS*
My cat woke up from her nap incredibly startled by the first meow in this video lol
Who spells meow "miaow" is the real question .
That is why I'm going through the comment section.
It sounds more like the actual sound :P
Dude it's miyav in Turkish. I am sure different cultures give different name to their sounds. For example Polish people should name it "miow" or something like that.
Also, the dogs doesn't make the sound "bark" in my opinion. It's not even close.
It is spelled differently in each language, as well as in many cultures, but the words are all onomatopoeias.
The sound they make when they see a bird but can't reach it, is a bit strange🤔
Yeah, it's a weird noise. It's like they're chirping at the bird lol. I think they're just over-excited or something, or frustrated like they said in the video.
It's probably akin to us saying crap or damn when something does not go our way.
camillo monaco It’s the equivalent of a dog whining
in another documentary they think that cats create that noise to fool bird and make it easier for them to hunt them 😋🦅 like a tricky sound for birds
Because they know It works
Thank you for information
Now I know why my pet cat meowed so much and the stray cat that used to come over house ( later I adopted him) used to meowed rarely
1:05
Kitten cries in hand
Mom: Ok I'll have him/her back now.
That's so cute 😍
Wow you didn't assume his gender amazing
@@zejdland not really. I could've said his since we usually refer to animals as male until specified, but I just decided to do it.
@@memyselfandi7782 would've been funnier if you just wrote him
@@calixhomies7965 I'm fine with that.
So not only do they think we are big, hairless versions of other cats, they also think we're slow and so they "meow" to make us pay attention to them. So we are big, dumb, and hairless cats to them. Interesting.
Supposedly this is why they sometimes leave us little dead "presents" at the doorstep; they think we're too stupid to hunt and kill prey
@@siliconebaby6270 They also sometimes will lick your hair. Cats have been shown to practice grooming of others, so if they think you are a cat, then they will try to "groom" you.
Silicone Baby I really hope that’s true. Because we are
@@siliconebaby6270 we should bring them a dead deer or pheasant and see what they do.
My cat thinks hes human lol
1:03 lol oh that was so cute, the kitten was scared and crying and the mom came up and retrieved the kitten!
Ok. How do I become a cat researcher? Best job in the world!
Probably the same way you become a pornography historian -- by spending WAAAAY too much time inside looking at stuff on the internet.
Shawn Elliott hahahahahaha good one
Me at 6 am just browsing some youtube. BBC: why do cats miaow? "I NEED TO KNOW!!"
Seriously now that m typing this massge it's 6:04 am
Wtf its 6.05 am here and i got recommend
2.39 am on the way to an all nighter
Lol 06:06 as I read your message
Wtf is wrong with us.
MUST....HAVE....MORE....CATS!
5:01
2:51 True, you can recognize the cat just by their meow
3.20 am
Me: Let's go for sleep
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CZcams recommendation: Why do cats meow?
"It's early morning"
*check clock*
*it's **01:46** am*
"Well, that's correct"
I generally get to wake up by one of my cats going to sleep on my face. Still, I do love them. Baka Neko...
Back to school alex
Hahahaha
Am I the only one who kept clicking the 01:46 thinking he was making a joke
I read this at 1:47am🤤😱😱😱
I lost my baby boy, Mufasa, last October. I find it so comforting to know that he shared a language with only me. I could immediately know what he wanted, whether it be affection, food, or excitement, and it never occurred to me that someone else didn't understand. Miss you friend. ❤
I’m so sad for your loss... you know my cat is called simba :)
Wow, it's so amazing to learn why cats miaow. It be very cool to find out why some cat's meow tho.
0:50... what a sweet cat
1:07 "Give it back, that's mine!"
They have a separate language to communicate with their servant humans.
Built in 3xcontroller w/ rechargeable batteries in the back, comes with or without fur n nails. Plus 4colors.and a calico
Kittie Devaeh
No tail?
Meh ....