OH NOES!! Our secret is out! Some spies have been investigating our kittie secrets, with the help of traitor kitties too!
Spies at the University of Sussex in the UK have been doing secret testing on kitties and have discovered about the “secret purr” that we do first thing in the morning. You know – when we purr, but add a little cry into it at the same time?
Pepo - Traitor kittie or unwilling victim?
Those human beans just can’t resist the magical trick purr, and always give in to us when we use our secret weapon. But I think that now the secret’s out, maybe the Beans won’t do as they’re told?
The best time to use “the cry purr” is first thing in the morning, and it’ll never fail to get your bean out of bed to feed you.
Chief Spy, Dr Karen McComb was inspired to initiate the study because her own cat, Pepo, had the knack of consistently waking her up in the mornings with insistent purring.
She says: “I wondered why this purring sounded so annoying and was so difficult to ignore. Talking with other cat owners, I found that some of them – including co-Spy Anna Taylor – also had cats who showed similar behaviour.”
They’ve even got examples of our secret purrs here – http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/cmvcr/Domestic%20cats.html
The full spy research is here. http://www.sussex.ac.uk/newsandevents/?id=1210
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That was amazing! And guess what? Harley does a really distinct solicitation purr. We are going to have to try to record it. Now that the secret is out, and all.
We think humans are just so slow in finding out this stuff. Cats have purrs for fear, pain, pleasure and even one for when we go to The Bridge as well as the solicitation (seeking) purr. Our ape says we have 142 vowel sounds too – so take that apes with your puny 7 vowels MWUAAHAHAHAHA!
Wuudler
Hmmm… We’re only Kittens and haven’t quite mastered the secret purrs but we’re guess tis no good to us now…
Xanthe and Nishiko x
Even though the secret is out, never fear. The key is that it is annoying to the beans….they simply MUST respond. Our power is secure.
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So, Xanthe and Nishiko, keep practicing, and you too will wake your beans and get that early breakfast. Persistence is key.
Trevor & Loki
P.S. We think Pepo was duped!
Whitey purrs just like Hippolythe’s solicitation purr! Sometimes Whitey finishes with a flourish of open mouth purring on Mom’s nose! Works every time!
Our staff said they knew this all along…. but were more than willing to be manipulated, hahahahahaha!
Thank you so much for your condolences concerning our Luna, we very much appreciated it!
Haha.
I love that.
Melvin doesn’t really purr. He just opens his mouth and whispers. I need to have him watch this!
Mazi woke up from a dead sleep and stared at the computer when I clicked on the purr link.