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[–] FooBarrington 56 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is true, and it's absolutely fascinating, because it's literally the birth of a tiny language every time. The cat makes noise and notices that the human does something it wants, which makes the cat associate the noise with the action. The human hears the noise repeatedly and notices that the cat is happy about what they are doing, so they associate the noise with the action. It's a shared language between two individuals, which is just so precious!

[–] ericisshort 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Your explanation is so precious!

[–] thorbot 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

MYYYYYYYYYY PREEEEECIOUS