"It turns out that cats have special wiring! The wiring travels from the brain to the muscles in the voice box, and this wiring is able to vibrate the muscles so that they act as a valve for air flowing past the voice box. The muscles work both during inhalation and exhalation, which creates the impression that cats can purr continuously. The air passes through the valve, which opens and closes rapidly to create the purring sound."
From what I gather, cats have no specially designed organs or articulators to make this sound possible. They simply have a special signal that is sent from the brain to create a vibration of the vocal folds that humans do not have.
by the by, I brought up our thread about the goat that sounds like a human in a casual conversation with a new friend in Seoul yesterday. I don't think that it had the desired effect, and I may have bored the pants off of her. Either way, I had fun talking about you guys and our AMAZING discussions.
"It turns out that cats have special wiring! The wiring travels from the brain to the muscles in the voice box, and this wiring is able to vibrate the muscles so that they act as a valve for air flowing past the voice box. The muscles work both during inhalation and exhalation, which creates the impression that cats can purr continuously. The air passes through the valve, which opens and closes rapidly to create the purring sound."
ReplyDeleteFrom what I gather, cats have no specially designed organs or articulators to make this sound possible. They simply have a special signal that is sent from the brain to create a vibration of the vocal folds that humans do not have.
by the by, I brought up our thread about the goat that sounds like a human in a casual conversation with a new friend in Seoul yesterday. I don't think that it had the desired effect, and I may have bored the pants off of her. Either way, I had fun talking about you guys and our AMAZING discussions.