Listen up, cat lovers! Researchers of a 2019 study at the University of Milan collected and analyzed 440 recordings of “meows emitted by cats in different contexts”: when brushed by their owners, when isolated in an unfamiliar environment, and when waiting for food.
Listen!
Research Reference:
CatMeows: A Publicly-Available Dataset of Cat Vocalizations
Ludovico, Luca Andrea; Ntalampiras, Stavros; Presti, Giorgio; Cannas, Simona; Battini, Monica; Mattiello, Silvana
Project leader(s)
Mattiello, Silvana
Project member(s)
Battini, Monica; Cannas, Simona; Ludovico, Luca Andrea; Presti, Giorgio; Ntalampiras, Stavros
[h/t Duncan Geere]