Science
Related: About this forumAt what intervals do cat's brains process sound?
How much does a sound have to vary either in tone/pitch or intensity and for what duration in order for a cat to process it as a different noise from the previous?
I feel like this could be a useful concept when training animals.
TexasTowelie
(112,527 posts)There was a post about a Website called musiccatslove.com that included music specially made for our felines. The primary difference is that most of the sounds were generally about an octave higher than what humans normally listen to.
F4lconF16
(3,747 posts)I'm very curious. I will be researching this
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)The response time will be all but instantaneous.
F4lconF16
(3,747 posts)And she responded rather quickly
She's learning to sit and shake on command
Capt.Rocky300
(1,005 posts)or any can? If it's just tuna, it's gotta be smell and not sound. At least that's the way it is in our house. Open a can of tuna the pride wakes up and comes running. Open a can of stewed tomatoes and they snooze on.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)There simply isn't time for the smell to waft all the way to their nostrils before the reaction.
There's a guy up the road who runs a catfish pond, those fish know the sound of the truck that brings their food to them, drive up in anything else and no reaction, drive up in the roach coach and the catfish will be churning the water in their eagerness to be fed.
Capt.Rocky300
(1,005 posts)we were in a campground in Oregon next to a huge fenced pasture with cattle grazing. All of sudden a flatbed truck loaded with hay came tearing down the main road honking and the driver with his left arm out the window waving wildly to the cows. They all ran to the gate to greet him and you could see how excited they were. Must have been really good hay.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Pulse Cat Modulation
KT2000
(20,594 posts)sound as in a tsk with a strong s and the cat immediately took off looking back at me with fear. It must have been the instinct to run from hissing snakes. He knew it was me but the sound ruled.