Hi all, I need help with a totally, non-scientific survey. My cat and I talk quite a bit and I found this paragraph in a book I am reading very interesting" Here is the quote from How To Talk To Your Cat by Patricia Moyes, 1978
OK, so what do you think?
Rik
(page 5 - How To Talk To Your Cat by Patricia Moyes, 1978)One of the most significant of those steps happened when cats started talking to people. Nobody knows when this occurred, but it is a self-evident (and often overlooked) fact that cats do not communicate vocally with each other. Only in the exchanges that accompany courtship or fighting and the gentle crooning of a mother-to-kitten talk do cats make noise to each other. Interfeline conversation is carried on by visual and tactile means. Tails, ears, whiskers, and paws all carry messages that, with a little practice, you can learn to interpret. We will talk more about this body language in Chapter Five. Meanwhile, it is worth considering that the welcoming chirrups, demanding miaows, and affectionate mews are directed exclusively towards human beings and can only have been developed as a deliberate method of communication.
OK, so what do you think?
Rik