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[–] [email protected] 55 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is true, and it's absolutely fascinating, because it's literally the birth of a tiny language every time. The cat makes noise and notices that the human does something it wants, which makes the cat associate the noise with the action. The human hears the noise repeatedly and notices that the cat is happy about what they are doing, so they associate the noise with the action. It's a shared language between two individuals, which is just so precious!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Your explanation is so precious!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

MYYYYYYYYYY PREEEEECIOUS