Tuesday, 14 July 2009

Pointless research 2: the "solicitation purr"

Dr Karen McComb has discovered that cats use special "soliciting purrs" to manipulate their owners. Quite how this improves humanity's - or even felinity's - lot is unclear, although McComb is gracious enough to thank "Archie, Clyde, Fuzzy, Hippolythe, Marbles, Max, Mojo, Morgan, McKee, Pepo [and] Socks" for services rendered. Who is using whom?


1 comment:

  1. Humanity being used by cats? I dunno, first it was the dolphins, then the mice, what's next?

    I want to know where I can apply for a fat research grant to monitor the effects of sunlight, swimming pools and red wine on my personal feeling of well-being. And then there's banana daiquiris, gins and tonic...

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