Filing this under "no shit sherlock"

[yarol_2075]

Cats apparently exploit humans by purring. As a crazy cat-lady in training, this is nothing new to me.

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[cindy-73.livejournal.com]

Of course they purr to get our attention, what do you expect. There cats. They own us, we don't own them. ^^

[admiral-chowder.livejournal.com]

Unlike regular purring, this sound incorporates a "cry", with a similar frequency to a human baby's.

The interesting part being I'm an absolute slave to my cat when she makes that noise (right in my ear, while KNEADING me), but I cannot STAND human babies and the sounds that they make.

[yarol-2075.livejournal.com]

I'm just surprised it took them so long to link the two. They've known for years the cries of kitten and the cries of a human baby are nigh-indistinguishable (sp?)

(And I'll match your black cat with my sweet, late Loki :) )