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Re: Mosfet the cat 2001 – 2018

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Post by organsnyder »

toast0 wrote: post #25
squarefoot wrote: post #2

RIP Mosfet, sorry to read that. Cats are wonderful life (and lab) companions. I also have a couple and had others I miss a lot. All of them had their personal character, habits and quirks, but invariably all of them have this fantastic common trait in all cats: curiosity! I just love when they stare at us when we're doing something; they don't interfere, just sit there and watch. One of them apparently didn't like ci…

> apparently they can hear 40KHz from distance but also totally ignore you when you call them a meter away Just because they can hear you, doesn't mean they choose to respond. :)

My hearing isn't quite that good, but my wife would ascribe to me similar behavior.

Re: Mosfet the cat 2001 – 2018

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Post by Aloha »

VLM wrote: post #11
ianai wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently they can’t hear male voices. Their hearing is sensitive to higher frequencies than most male voices and the usual human range. I usually chirp or make other high pinched noises to get their attention-though still get ignored much of the time, of course. Also apparently they’ll attack whats in our hands as they think they’re helping us hunt. They really are great. I was lucky to have a cat part of my life f…

Scientific resources online seem to disagree about sound range, which is both wider and more sensitive than human hearing or voices. http://www.lsu.edu/deafness/HearingRange.html Cat sensitivity is a good 6 dB more sensitive so even if they're peakier in treble than humans, they still hear human males from further away than humans can hear them. Somewhat intuitively this makes sense, lots of human powered evolution t…

Communications grade audio, used to sound pretty good.

Re: Mosfet the cat 2001 – 2018

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Post by bitwize »

ianai wrote: post #5
squarefoot wrote: post #2

RIP Mosfet, sorry to read that. Cats are wonderful life (and lab) companions. I also have a couple and had others I miss a lot. All of them had their personal character, habits and quirks, but invariably all of them have this fantastic common trait in all cats: curiosity! I just love when they stare at us when we're doing something; they don't interfere, just sit there and watch. One of them apparently didn't like ci…

Apparently they can’t hear male voices. Their hearing is sensitive to higher frequencies than most male voices and the usual human range. I usually chirp or make other high pinched noises to get their attention-though still get ignored much of the time, of course. Also apparently they’ll attack whats in our hands as they think they’re helping us hunt. They really are great. I was lucky to have a cat part of my life f…

I think they can hear male voices, but cats seem more responsive when I meow to them -- not 100% responsive though! (I can do a cat voice that'll fool many humans.)

Re: Mosfet the cat 2001 – 2018

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Post by bitwize »

coonery wrote: post #9
ianai wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently they can’t hear male voices. Their hearing is sensitive to higher frequencies than most male voices and the usual human range. I usually chirp or make other high pinched noises to get their attention-though still get ignored much of the time, of course. Also apparently they’ll attack whats in our hands as they think they’re helping us hunt. They really are great. I was lucky to have a cat part of my life f…

I've had also an adopted cat for 14 years - and he was this standard cat - an asshole. Still was very loved. But even if adopting is very nice - you get a cat for free and help the poor animal, me and my wife wanted a maine coon for a long time, so we bought one. Together with us for two years. And he's like a dog - plays fetch, and when you call his name, he comes to you. I have deep-ish voice, and he certainly hear…

The standard cat is not an asshole. It's just that unlike the standard dog, you have to earn a cat's respect and that takes time and effort. It's the same as with humans: if you think all or even most cats are assholes, the problem is probably you, not cats.

Re: Mosfet the cat 2001 – 2018

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Post by blacksmith_tb »

TheOtherHobbes wrote: post #22
VLM wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Scientific resources online seem to disagree about sound range, which is both wider and more sensitive than human hearing or voices. http://www.lsu.edu/deafness/HearingRange.html Cat sensitivity is a good 6 dB more sensitive so even if they're peakier in treble than humans, they still hear human males from further away than humans can hear them. Somewhat intuitively this makes sense, lots of human powered evolution t…

As my gf said - cat fascinated by laser pointer => human fascinated by cat.

More than an echo of Montaigne's famous quote, "when I am playing with my cat, how do I know she is not playing with me?"[1]

1: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michel_de_Montaigne#Book_II

Re: Mosfet the cat 2001 – 2018

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Post by orangecat »

dominotw wrote: post #26
Santosh83 wrote: post #3

He is visually indistinguishable from several blacks I've had over the years. They have wonderful personalities, and I can't imagine what led people to think them ill omens. Lovely story, and am sure he will live on in the hearts and minds of everyone who knew him. :-)

Black cats rock. I think there is a correlation between cat color and their personality. Black cats always have gentle disposition, orange cats not so much :D.

Black cats always have gentle disposition, orange cats not so much :D

Hey! :p

It varies a lot. Orange cats are usually male which could make a difference. My handle is for my favorite cat when I was growing up, who liked me because I'd sneak food to him at the dinner table.

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