1 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: Cat chat. It's been a while, but I've come across 2 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 1: the most amazing story chat courtesy of Sosi, our producer. 3 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: She found it and she's a cat person too. If 4 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 1: you're a cat parent, you're probably well acquainted with the 5 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:20,959 Speaker 1: cat's range of meals. There are meals that mean feed 6 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: me now, and there are meals that mean hello, welcome home, 7 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,600 Speaker 1: and meals it mean I absolutely do not like this person, 8 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: Please remove them from my presence immediately. While the exact 9 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: intonation and cadence of each meal depends on the cat 10 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 1: in question and what they're trying to communicate, a new 11 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:41,599 Speaker 1: study has found one consistency cats are louder when talking 12 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: to men. Why Well, the researchers think it's because men 13 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 1: don't listen. 14 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 2: Oh, so this is why I get this reaction from 15 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 2: a cat. Usually, No, that's. 16 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: Not why you get that reaction. Do you get that 17 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: reaction because they know that you're not into the A 18 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: study from the University of Anchora in Turkey surveyed the 19 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:07,479 Speaker 1: behavior of cats and focused on how the cats greet 20 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:09,960 Speaker 1: their owners, who were wearing a small camera on their 21 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: chest and recording the first few minutes after they return 22 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 1: home each day after analyzing the footage and mapping out 23 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: different behavior patterns, which included actions like yawning and stretching 24 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: and crouching, the reseearchers noticed one the key difference in 25 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 1: how the cats interacted with their caregivers. The cats were 26 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: much louder when greeting men, meowing more to grab their attention. 27 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: Nothing else about the behavior was different, just the meowing. 28 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 1: Even after accounting for other variables like the cats, breed, sex, 29 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: a number of companion cats in the household, it was 30 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: clear that the owner's gender was the only factor. The 31 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: researchers theorized that this could be because female caregivers are 32 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: more vocal with their cats and better at picking up 33 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: on more subtle feeline body language. That's right. That's therefore 34 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: possible that male caregivers required more explicit vocalizations to respond 35 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 1: to the needs of their cats, which in turn reinforces 36 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: cat's tendency to use more directed and frequent vocal behavior 37 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 1: to attract their attention. Well, no bigger than that. You 38 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:21,639 Speaker 1: will listen to me. And when my cat does it, 39 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,359 Speaker 1: her eyes get really wise as well, she just gets 40 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: really madic listen to me, now, look at me, look 41 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: at me? 42 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 2: Sounds complicated. Well, it sounds like hard work. It sounds 43 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 2: like I'll stick with the dog. Really, a dog, you 44 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 2: don't have to you don't have to read it. I 45 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 2: mean the dog just wears its heart on its sleeve. 46 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 2: To Yes, this sounds like a lot. I don't think 47 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 2: I'm getting a cat anytime soon. No, I don't think so. 48 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 2: I think I'll stick with the dog. Well, there you 49 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 2: have it. There's another addition. 50 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 1: But that's fascinating, don't you think. 51 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 2: Don't you find that fascinating world as a dog person? 52 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 1: No, because the cats are so smart, you're. 53 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 2: Well, they always look so disinterested when they look at you. 54 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 2: Don't know, I mean to come up. Let's be honest. 55 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: You've got to You've got to earn their Oh, don't 56 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: you there are respect. 57 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 2: I don't know if I have the energy to earn it. Yeah, 58 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 2: Like I said, I'll stick with the dog.