{"id":6686,"date":"2018-06-20T10:14:10","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T08:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neuropoolwp-com.beast-hosting.com\/2018\/06\/20\/schnurren-katzen-nur-fuer-menschen\/"},"modified":"2023-02-15T12:06:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T11:06:36","slug":"schnurren-katzen-nur-fuer-menschen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/reports\/animals\/schnurren-katzen-nur-fuer-menschen.html","title":{"rendered":"Do cats only purr for humans?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Do cats also purr in the wild or is purring only for humans? We humans tend to think that purring is a sign that the cat is happy. In most cases it is, but there are other reasons why a cat purrs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do cats purr only for humans? Purring develops very early in a kitten. A few days old kittens start purring when they drink milk from their mother. So purring is not only a communication of satisfaction for the cat's human friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purr cats only for humans<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Different purr tones<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cats have a wide repertoire of purr sounds, sometimes a cat purrs with voice, sometimes in lower pitches or in higher pitches. The purr of a kitten drinking its mother's milk sounds different from what the cat produces on its masters' laps. A hungry cat purrs in higher pitches both when it asks its humans for food and when it wants mother's milk. Much like the cry of a newborn infant, it serves to trigger an instinct in their caregivers (whether cat or human).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the cat is lying contentedly on the sofa and purring, the purring has a calming, almost soporific effect. Adult cats often purr when they are grooming each other, playing or eating, even when a cat is alone. The purring we know best occurs when the cat wants to be petted or is generally content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Purring under stress<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Veterinarians confirm that cats often purr when they are in severe pain. It is possible that the purring serves to self-soothe or as a kind of cry for help. It could also be that the purring is to hide from possible enemies how weak and vulnerable the cat is in its condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do cats of prey purr?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Although it has not yet been confirmed that predatory cats purr when they are at ease, it is clear that as babies they purr when drinking milk in the same way as domestic cats. Due to the anatomical structure of the bones and the cartilage tissue in the throat, it is assumed that the cheetah, ocelot, margay, serval and lynx can purr, while the jaguar, leopard, lion and tiger cannot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Purr cats only for humans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does the purr work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The actual process of purring is complicated and not yet understood in detail. However, we do know that the muscles in the larynx and the diaphragm are responsible for purring. Through a series of nerve activity in the brain, the diaphragm is activated about 20 to 30 times per second during both inhalation and exhalation. This is why the purr is a continuous sound.
The fact that the cat can purr and eat or perform other physical activities at the same time is still a mystery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do cats only purr for humans?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Wild cats also purr. But a cat that lolls contentedly on the sofa and lets its master or mistress rub its belly is not purring for humans, but because of humans. It purrs simply because it feels good. The human gives her this contented feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why cats make such good pets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why and how do cats purr?!<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Schurren Katzen in der Wildnis auch oder ist das Schnurren nur f\u00fcr den Menschen gedacht? Wir Menschen neigen dazu, zu denken, dass das Schurren ein Zeichen f\u00fcr die Zufriedenheit der Katze ist. In den meisten F\u00e4llen ist das auch der Fall, aber es gibt andere Gr\u00fcnde, warum eine Katze schnurrt. Schnurren Katzen nur f\u00fcr […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_id":["6684"],"_fgj2wp_old_id":["4387"],"rank_math_internal_links_processed":["1"],"rank_math_analytic_object_id":["8"],"rank_math_focus_keyword":["Schnurren Katzen nur f\u00fcr Menschen"],"_edit_lock":["1676459197:1"],"rank_math_seo_score":["74"],"rank_math_title":["Schnurren Katzen nur f\u00fcr Menschen?"],"rank_math_description":["Schnurren Katzen nur f\u00fcr Menschen? Oder schnurren Katzen auch in der Wildnis? Es gibt Gr\u00fcnde, warum eine Katze schnurrt."],"_edit_last":["1"],"ocean_gallery_link_images":["off"],"ocean_sidebar":["0"],"ocean_second_sidebar":["0"],"ocean_disable_margins":["enable"],"ocean_display_top_bar":["default"],"ocean_display_header":["default"],"ocean_center_header_left_menu":["0"],"ocean_custom_header_template":["0"],"ocean_header_custom_menu":["0"],"ocean_menu_typo_font_family":["0"],"ocean_disable_title":["default"],"ocean_disable_heading":["default"],"ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":["default"],"ocean_display_footer_widgets":["default"],"ocean_display_footer_bottom":["default"],"ocean_custom_footer_template":["0"],"ocean_link_format_target":["self"],"ocean_quote_format_link":["post"],"rank_math_primary_category":["17"],"_trp_automatically_translated_slug_en_GB":["purr-cats-only-for-humans"],"_cmplz_scanned_post":["1"],"_elementor_page_assets":["a:0:{}"]},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tiere","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}