Can Cats Talk? Another View.

Check out http://pets.yahoo.com/cats/behavior-and-training/32/cat-talk. This website refers to studies by Mildred Moelk that conclude that cats can talk. She claims that cats murmur, vary intonation levels, and trill. In this way they can produce nine consonant sounds, five vowel sounds, and two diphthongs. You may think a cat is mumbling, but these are really the soundings of thousands of words. As a kitten develops into a cat, it learns different meows: one to greet humans, another to warn other cats, an so on. However, it is the purr that we humans crave. "When cats purr, all is right with their world. And they want to share that with you."