• Soku@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Those cats on the street are not meowing, they are yowling. That’s a holler to intimidate or to fight, over a territory or hot ladies. That’s not a meow for a human to fill the food bowl or give scritches or something else tame and domestic.

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      6 months ago

      it’s honestly ever so slightly worrying that people would think yowling and meowing are the same thing, they can be sorta similar sure but yowls literally sound like a human voice and are slightly unnerving because of it.

      It’s like a parent thinking a baby’s laughter and screaming are the same thing, that’s… not a good sign…