Not a human baby (how could they, most cats have never seen a human baby), but as a kitten they meow to their parents to get food etc. So we're their parents now and I guess they never really grew up and became independent.

[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Well adult cats raised around humans figure out what meows work the best and that is one that sounds like baby

[–] dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Cats meow in the same register that human babies cry. They aren't saying that cats are specifically trying to cry like a human baby, but that cats as a species have grown over thousands of years to meow in the same pitches as human babies.

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Human: "Hello mister mittens! Kiss kiss kiss!"

Cat: "Coochie coo, idiot human, don't forget to feed me."

They're baby talking right back at us.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While I'm still not sure if this is true, there was a very interesting clip I saw to support the evidence, where a tiger enclosure was somehow across the street from a farm's cow enclosure. The tigers had started "mooing" along their edge of the fence in an effort to make the juicy, meat-filled cows feel safe around them.

[–] ArtieShaw@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

I've also heard that cats try to mimic birds. It's one of the theories behind that weird clacking noise they make when they see prey that's out of reach.

[–] Stuka@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

No its not. You were mislead.