The Purring of Cats

Published: Nov. 24, 2020, noon

In episode 6, we go into more familiar territory...cats. Humans have known and loved cats for at least 4000 years...and yet despite all of that time...one aspect of cats remains shrouded in mystery...the purr.\n\nSources\nhttps://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180724-the-complicated-truth-about-a-cats-purr\n\nhttps://moderncat.com/articles/the-mystery-of-the-purr/#:~:text=Purrrrrrrr.&text=While%20the%20purr%20itself%20happens,to%20150%20vibrations%20per%20second.\n\nhttps://pets.webmd.com/cats/features/why-cats-purr#1\n\nhttps://www.businessinsider.com/phenomena-science-cant-explain-2019-1#scientists-understand-how-cats-purr-but-theyre-still-not-sure-why-they-do-7\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purr\n\nhttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12312/how-do-cats-purr#:~:text=Biologists%20used%20to%20think%20that,the%20body%20into%20the%20heart.\n\nhttps://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/item/why-and-how-do-cats-purr/\n\nMusic:\xa0\n\nThank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad".\xa0\nYou can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad\xa0\n\nThank you to Blear Moon for the use of their songs "Watching tower" and "Letting Go Again"\nYou can find more from them at: http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.\xa0\n\nAnd thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their song "The Healing".\xa0\nYou can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing.