RE: [GZG] Re: New Toys from GZG - ones that purr

G'day,

As far as the science of purring goes, purring is in the ear of the
beholder. Depending on how technical you want to get about purring then
there is a whole load of debate of which cats can purr. If you want
technical a purr is one both inhale and exhale, which means only small
felids (domestic cat, caracal, serval, ocelot etc) can purr - with the
puma being the largest of these species. If on the other hand you want
to lob in with the "it sounds like a purr so it is a purr whether its on
inhale, exhale or both" then at least a few large cats can, including
the lion, cheetah and tiger. 

You wouldn't believe the vitriol that turns up in the literature on this
one. Heaven forbid we ever run into a feline-like alien species ;)

Beth

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