Can Cats Talk?

Interesting question. For a professional, scientific, detailed discussion look at a Cornell University web site: http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/May02/cat_talk.hrs.html. To sum it up, cats probably can’t talk but have ways to get what they want and they’re very good at it. They express themselves with their meows. The website gives you an opportunity to hear cat meows and asks you to try and tell what emotion the cat is expressing. What do cats want? Really just the basics: food, shelter, and a little TLC – human affection. To quote from the author "Cats are domesticated animals that have learned what levers to push, what sounds to make to manage our emotions. And when we respond, we too are domesticated animals." Can we compare this to a newborn human who tries to fulfill his or her needs?