Dot's song

Dot has squeaky "Eeek" and a breathy "Eck" sounds that she uses when
speaking with me, but I've noticed lately that she has a very respectable
megaphone meow that she only uses when I'm out of sight.

I went over today as she was meowing in the hallway, and I finally saw what
she was seranading - a little bug. She sat daintily and sang at the little
bug, her nose just inches away.

When she saw me, she wound around me, so I picked her up. She licked my
fingers enthusiastically. When I put her down and walked away, she went
back to the hallway and continued singing to her bug.

Takayuki wrote:

Dot has squeaky "Eeek" and a breathy "Eck" sounds that she uses when
speaking with me, but I've noticed lately that she has a very respectable
megaphone meow that she only uses when I'm out of sight.

I went over today as she was meowing in the hallway, and I finally saw what
she was seranading - a little bug. She sat daintily and sang at the little
bug, her nose just inches away.

When she saw me, she wound around me, so I picked her up. She licked my
fingers enthusiastically. When I put her down and walked away, she went
back to the hallway and continued singing to her bug.

Licky does that! He'll sit next a wall that has something crawling on it,
and just *stare*, or swivel his head all around to follow a moth flying by -
all the while yowling at the top of his lungs. From another room, it sounds
like he's having a dire emergency. I used to race into the room to see what
he might be dying of, but I don't fall for it any more.

I wonder what the vibrations of a cat meowing loudly from 3 inches away
feels like to a bug? Do they "hear" it?

--
Joyce

Mother teach me to walk again
Milk and honey, so intoxicating -- Sarah McLaughlin

Tiger will stare at a bug but doesn't make a sound.

---MIKE---

In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44� 15' N - Elevation 1580')

I wonder what the vibrations of a cat meowing loudly from 3 inches away
feels like to a bug? Do they "hear" it?

"Set phasers to STUN", probably.

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On Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:51:43 +0000 (UTC), Bastette
wrote:
Takayuki wrote:

Licky does that! He'll sit next a wall that has something crawling on it,
and just *stare*, or swivel his head all around to follow a moth flying by -
all the while yowling at the top of his lungs. From another room, it sounds
like he's having a dire emergency. I used to race into the room to see what
he might be dying of, but I don't fall for it any more.

I wonder what the vibrations of a cat meowing loudly from 3 inches away
feels like to a bug? Do they "hear" it?

It's funny. I wonder about the logic of meowing at their prey.

Takayuki wrote:

On Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:51:43 +0000 (UTC), Bastette
wrote:
Takayuki wrote:

Licky does that! He'll sit next a wall that has something crawling on it,
and just *stare*, or swivel his head all around to follow a moth flying by -
all the while yowling at the top of his lungs. From another room, it sounds
like he's having a dire emergency. I used to race into the room to see what
he might be dying of, but I don't fall for it any more.

I wonder what the vibrations of a cat meowing loudly from 3 inches away
feels like to a bug? Do they "hear" it?

playing.) It's funny. I wonder about the logic of meowing at their prey.

I wonder if he's trying to get my attention. Come see the monster! I'm
killing it for you!

--
Joyce

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