Jul 14 2009Cats Manipulate People With Their Purrs
So apparently cats can exploit their caretakers to get what they want through the use of a special purr. I can't say I'm surprised, that's a picture of two of my old cats there (rest in peace, guys). One minute they were purring -- and the next I was teaching them how to read!
Researchers at the University of Sussex have discovered that cats use a "soliciting purr" to overpower their owners and garner attention and food.
Unlike regular purring, this sound incorporates a "cry", with a similar frequency to a human baby's.The team said cats have "tapped into" a human bias - producing a sound that humans find very difficult to ignore.
I dunno, I'm not really that big into babies crying. But maybe that's just my fatherly instincts talking. Read: impregnate and run. What can I say -- I'm a nurturer.
Cats 'exploit' humans by purring [bbcnews]
Thanks to FDSY, Sharkey, RealLifeF***up and Ryan, who are all controlled by an entirely different kind of cat.
This post dedicated in loving memory of The Little Man, October, Jimmy and The Terrorist.
Reader Comments
1. jaja - July 14, 2009 2:58 PM
first ? :D
2. jaja - July 14, 2009 3:02 PM
I'm so quick that everyone else should die ;)
Pew Out brethren.
3. STOMPY - July 14, 2009 3:02 PM
@1
is that smiley face have an open mouth? good cause i'm gonna ram my junk so hard down there i'll make you a new ahole...
4. STOMPY - July 14, 2009 3:08 PM
@GW
You had a cat called The Terrorist? That raises a question, if you sacrifice your nine cat lives in 9 cat suicide bombings, do you get 360 virgins?
5. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - July 14, 2009 3:14 PM
@4
No. The Terrorist just got one virgin, The GW.
6. FDSY - July 14, 2009 3:21 PM
my cat makes me compete in underground no holds barred fights to the death. Those damn purrs....
7. jaja - July 14, 2009 3:32 PM
@Stompy Jealous much lol
8. STOMPY - July 14, 2009 3:33 PM
@All
Guys, sorry to say you missed this opportunity.
Well, I always knew I would do anything for the pussy!!!
9. STOMPY - July 14, 2009 3:34 PM
@jaja
nah, I just enjoy chocking firstards to death with my cock...
10. what - July 14, 2009 3:35 PM
if you hate cats and are a dog person, do this http://scullratt.mybrute.com
11. Birr Crinton - July 14, 2009 3:36 PM
my cat's purrs seduce me sexually. but i'm good at fighting temptation, so i only let it give me head.
12. STOMPY - July 14, 2009 3:36 PM
@10
Oh my god, two people to chock with my cock? Now I have to unbraid my pensis to chock both your mofo's out...
13. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - July 14, 2009 3:36 PM
@The Firstard Known as jaja
For heinous crimes committed against the good readers of the Geekologie Comments Board, you have been sentenced to death by fire. May you be awake for at least three minutes before you pass out from the pain.
14. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - July 14, 2009 3:37 PM
@STOMPY
it's spelled choke not chock.
15. catch22 - July 14, 2009 3:40 PM
iom pissed i got my cat fixed, i now would need to clone him to get my unholy army of the night... hes like some sort of a siamese bengal cross .. looks like a giant all black siamese about 16lbs... no fat.
his tail is like 1/3rd longer than it should be ... like a leash
he beats up my american bulldog/bull mastiff cross just for kicks
his name is takun
i love my badass cat
16. STOMPY - July 14, 2009 3:40 PM
@GFS
I like to make new words....
Chock - the action of chocking someon with your cock....
17. STOMPY - July 14, 2009 3:41 PM
Someon - the new hip way of saying someone...
18. STOMPY - July 14, 2009 3:45 PM
@myself
Damnit I did it again, last time I promise
Chock - the action of choking someone with your cock...
19. jaja - July 14, 2009 3:49 PM
@Stompy & GFS
If you are reading this, you are gay !
DedicationPwnt
20. GizmoDuck - July 14, 2009 4:00 PM
excellent
21. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - July 14, 2009 4:00 PM
You suck 5 dicks and suddenly you're gay. Go figure. jaja, this is where grown folks go to kill time at work. If you are an adult, you sure as shit cannot produce a proper insult like one. Please get the fück out!
22. Timbo - July 14, 2009 4:05 PM
"Must be this tall to comment on Geekologie" ...
23. LSDiesel - July 14, 2009 4:08 PM
@jaja,
If you are reading this, than you are gay.
Were you offended? Did you laugh?
Me neither.
24. Ollie Williams - July 14, 2009 4:11 PM
@Ollie
If you're reading this, don't forget you like chicks.
25. DeeplyTroubled - July 14, 2009 4:13 PM
That's what I call being "pussy whipped" . (see what I did there)
26. DeeplyTroubled - July 14, 2009 4:16 PM
By the way, I think it's a little weird to post pics of dead cats. It looks like someone (not pointing any fingers) suffocated them with couch cushions.
27. naas - July 14, 2009 4:42 PM
I enjoyed all of that so much I forgot something about cats was posted, thanks guys☺
28. Ollie Williams - July 14, 2009 4:44 PM
@27
Cats?
29. Freddy K - July 14, 2009 4:53 PM
@ jaja
Wow, you really pwned them. I think they are gay too, but I think thats because they don't like twat like I do.
Now if only these little kitties will use their new found manipulation powers for awesome.
30. jaja - July 14, 2009 5:15 PM
@ GFS - Lol at your failure to take an insult.
@ LSDiesel - I actually pmsl'd at that, just out of irony.
@ Freddy K - Awesome to the max Mr Krugar *nods head*
31. STOMPY - July 14, 2009 7:28 PM
@jaja
the only noding of your head will be when you sucking some dudes nob... now that you understand don't try that firstard shiite again.
32. spudz mackenzie - July 14, 2009 7:34 PM
Well, it shouldn't take the flesh devouring robots long to figure this out. Damn things will just wander around aimlessly making purring noises. The uncontrollable urge to throw yourself into their steel death traps will be overwhelming.
33. Beastman AIDS - July 14, 2009 8:03 PM
all cats are bastards
34. Girlie - July 14, 2009 8:24 PM
I love how the orange cat looks likeit's holding on to the book for dear life before being sucked in by the huge pillows :D
35. Yopoleo - July 15, 2009 12:43 AM
I KNOW that purr!
I hear it once when I hid the cat's kittens, her pussies where over the table inside a box, sleeping. and she was looking em desperately, then my cousing came and drop another cat (a young one, but bigger than the pussies, mom never likes him) and then she went to beat the crap out of the foreinger, then i ran to stop em, and all ended up with a mother all upset (with her kitties) and a young one all freaked out :D
36. Jaded Icon - July 15, 2009 7:17 AM
This sucks! Now I don't know whether to comment on GFS, STOMPY and jaja's fight or about cats (so many jokes there). AHHHhh! Damn you GW!!!! Damn you to an island full of scantily clad women, cold beer, crispy bacon and video games.
37. Ciao - July 15, 2009 7:28 AM
I have always questions to why we humans dig cats so much....it's that devious purr that somehow has mind controlling powahs that make us to their bidding...
38. pez dispenser - July 15, 2009 9:41 AM
@10 really? you think people are that dumb?
39. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - July 15, 2009 9:46 AM
Huh, and here I just used my boobs and vagina... Purring sounds much easier.
40. Katie - July 15, 2009 10:31 AM
#4 I know this is like, a joke n all, but the whole Muslim religion is based on a translation error... actually the Quran says "raisins" instead of "brown eyed virgins" (just ask a Muslim who is actually allowed to READ the Quran.. they aren't.) But seriously, who would kill themselves because the aliens told them they got RAISINS when they die? I mean, some asshold priest somewhere musta said 'huh, this word kinda looks like virgins.. we all like virgins, right guys?'
41. msjessiemeghan - July 15, 2009 2:43 PM
GW, too bad your cats can't manipulate themselves back to life. YES!
42. Love you, mean it - July 15, 2009 2:49 PM
STOMPY, I do enjoy your posts, and I have seen you make this error often, so I feel it is my duty to correct you - it's "choke" not "chock", out of love my dear! Now continue on choking firstards at your leisure. PS> GW I love your cats' names. RIP.
43. jaja - July 22, 2009 6:13 PM
I'm a stupid moron, with an ugly face, and a big butt, and my butt stinks, and I like to kiss my own butt.