• LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
        2·
        7 hours ago

        I don’t suppose it would have the same effect on wild undomesticated felines who subsist strictly on the prey they hunt, kill, and devour. If they heard a shaking package of synthetic kibble they might be curious but not immediately Pavlov’ed into drooling for it.

      • JokeDeity@lemm.ee
        2·
        7 hours ago

        The craziest thing is that it always brings one of my cats running with the rest, but he’s never eaten any of the treats, even if he’s alone, he always comes but never eats, and we’ve tried tons of different ones. He will happily steal a McDonald’s French fry though.

      • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zipEnglish
        9·
        17 hours ago

        A few days ago, before i’m about to go out to work, i count my cats to make sure none of them left outside in my fenced yard, and one is missing. I couldn’t find her anywhere, even in my storeroom which i double checked to make sure she really isn’t there, so i took the exact treat and shake it hard, a few moment later she crawl out of my storeroom.

  • barnaclebutt@lemmy.world
    183·
    22 hours ago

    Supposedly our voices are too low and we sound like noise to them. I watched a video where scientists transformed their voices to the same frequency as a mouse and they were able to train a cat.

    • Magnus@lemmy.ca
      51·
      8 hours ago

      I think it’s a poor take on cat hearing. They can hear better than us, but it requires targeted focus from their ears. Which is partly why they have better hearing: they can fixate on sounds by turning their ears.

      So when you yell from the other room, the cat likely won’t hear unless their ear is aimed at the sound to pick it up. Which is unlikely.

      Don’t take memes as “truth.”

      • piccolo@sh.itjust.works
        12·
        2 hours ago

        I dont think the ear position aids in hearing amplification. It aids in spatial audio positioning.

        • Magnus@lemmy.ca
          21·
          1 hour ago

          It’s literally what people used to do 150 years ago before in ear hearing aids. Just put a giant cone up to their ear.

          • piccolo@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            35 minutes ago

            Ear trumpets dont amplify, but provides more surface area to gather more sound enegry. So sure, it would aid in their hunting to focus on the faintest of sounds, but if you were yelling in another room, their ear position would make an imperceivable difference in intensity, but enough of a difference for their brains to pick up the tiny difference to tune to ears to determine where you are yelling from and promptly ignore you.

    • FooBarrington@lemmy.world
      23·
      18 hours ago

      Every cat owner can tell you that they do know their names when spoken. Also, people can train cats without transforming their voices.