Domestic cat larynges can produce purring frequencies without neural input

Re:Domestic cat larynges can produce purring frequencies wit... by behringer on Thursday October 05, 2023 @03:24AM (#37775747)

No reasonable scientist would have been murdering people in the 1800s...

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Re:Domestic cat larynges can produce purring frequencies wit... by TeMPOraL on Thursday October 05, 2023 @03:40AM (#37775837)

I doubt there were many "reasonable scientists" in the 1800s.

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Re:Domestic cat larynges can produce purring frequencies wit... by magicalhippo on Thursday October 05, 2023 @03:43AM (#37775850)

Sure, you get someone else to do that[1]. Don't ask, don't tell of course.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Hare_murders

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Re:Domestic cat larynges can produce purring frequencies wit... by rsynnott on Thursday October 05, 2023 @03:44AM (#37775857)

I have… bad news: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Hare_murders

Rule of thumb, when dealing with the 19th century: assume pretty much any level of cruelty, depravity, or plain stupidity was up for grabs (you have all three here, the stupidity being around the laws which made this industry inevitable). It wasn’t a very nice time, in general.

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Re:Domestic cat larynges can produce purring frequencies wit... by lynx23 on Thursday October 05, 2023 @04:03AM (#37775985)

That is a pretty naiv assumption.

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Re:Domestic cat larynges can produce purring frequencies wit... by behringer on Friday October 06, 2023 @06:29PM (#37797182)

Congrats you found one example. I could probably list a dozen from recent times too.

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