http://blog.helpingkitty.com/10/cat-vocalizations/the-cats-meow/ Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.helpingkitty.com/10/cat-vocalizations/the-cats-meow/comment-page-1/#comment-114 admin Wed, 27 May 2009 18:54:18 +0000 http://blog.helpingkitty.com/?p=10#comment-114 You are certainly correct in saying that other species of animals, including cats, rely more on body language than people do. Our language abilities seems to overshadow communication through other channels such as vision and olfaction. Even humans can learn to be better at reading body language - law enforcement types and even clinical psychologists and others for example are specifically trained to do so. So, I don't think it's fair to cats are better communicators than humans - they certainly don't have the depth of auditory communications we have. Each species excels at communicating with its own species. It's more helpful to recognize that each species has its own unique communication signals and when both get better at accurately observing and interpreting each other's signals, communication improves. That's usually related to attachment - the more time we spend with one another, and more attached we become and the more we learn about one another. Thanks for your comment! You are certainly correct in saying that other species of animals, including cats, rely more on body language than people do. Our language abilities seems to overshadow communication through other channels such as vision and olfaction. Even humans can learn to be better at reading body language – law enforcement types and even clinical psychologists and others for example are specifically trained to do so. So, I don’t think it’s fair to cats are better communicators than humans – they certainly don’t have the depth of auditory communications we have. Each species excels at communicating with its own species. It’s more helpful to recognize that each species has its own unique communication signals and when both get better at accurately observing and interpreting each other’s signals, communication improves. That’s usually related to attachment – the more time we spend with one another, and more attached we become and the more we learn about one another. Thanks for your comment!

]]> http://blog.helpingkitty.com/10/cat-vocalizations/the-cats-meow/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Dilani Wed, 27 May 2009 03:27:33 +0000 http://blog.helpingkitty.com/?p=10#comment-113 I have also noticed that cats use variations of tones/voices in “meow” to communicate their ideas. This is a really interesting phenomenon. Body language also plays a major role in cat communication. Problem with humans is they are much used to rely on words ignoring body language. It is a famous fact that even human communication is of ninety percent body language. Since we always ignore body language, it is fair to say that cats are better communicators than humans. I have also noticed that cats use variations of tones/voices in “meow” to communicate their ideas. This is a really interesting phenomenon. Body language also plays a major role in cat communication. Problem with humans is they are much used to rely on words ignoring body language. It is a famous fact that even human communication is of ninety percent body language. Since we always ignore body language, it is fair to say that cats are better communicators than humans.

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