Do all cats purr? Detailed answer

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Do all cats purr?

When something smells delicious or you just feel good, you sometimes hum rather: "Mmmm! .." When the cat wants to express its pleasure, it purrs. The purring sound is produced by the vibration of the vocal cords. The cat draws air into the lungs, and it passes through the vocal cords along the way.

Thus, if desired, the cat can allow the vocal cords to vibrate with air pressure. When a cat doesn't want to purr, she doesn't use her vocal cords - and no purring! Of course, when we talk about a cat, we usually mean a domestic cat. But there are still many members in the cat family. Did you know that the tiger, lion, leopard, jaguar, coguar, ocelot, and lynx also belong to the cat family? As for the reproduction of various sounds, a domestic cat, in addition to purring, can also meow, howl and yell.

Other types of cats make different sounds. Lion and tiger can roar. Jaguar and leopard make a sound similar to a loud cough or bark. But the most interesting thing is that due to the different structure of some of the bones of the throat, neither a lion, nor a tiger, nor a jaguar, nor a leopard can meow! But all cats, regardless of their size, have the same body proportions. If you enlarge the photo of a cat to a large format, you will see that it is very similar to a tiger.

Author: Likum A.

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If you have ever spent time on the shore of a reservoir, you probably noticed that in calm weather there are almost no waves on the water, and on a windy rainy day there are many waves.

Here's how you can explain the appearance of waves on the water. The wind creates them. A wave is a way of moving one form of energy from one place to another. Some kind of force or energy is needed to create a wave, and the wind transfers this energy to the water.

When we observe the movement of waves - successive, one after another - it seems that the water also moves forward. But if a piece of wood floats on the surface of the water, we will notice that it does not move forward with the waves. It will only appear and disappear in waves. It will only move in the presence of wind or current. What is the movement in the wave? Basically, this is the movement of water particles up and down. This movement is transmitted towards the shore. For example, if you have a rope, you can create a kind of wave along its entire length. Wave-like movements run along the entire length of the rope, but the particles of the rope do not move forward.

Near the shore, the base of the wave hits the bottom, and the movement of the wave slows down due to friction. The crest of the wave continues to move, breaking down and forming surf.

Near the shore, the waves lose their energy. Stand in the waves near the shore, and you will understand what energy they have!

In waves, water particles move up and forward, pushed by the wind. Gravity then causes them to descend and return to their original position. It is these movements of the water that make the waves move. The distance between the crests of two waves is called the wavelength, its lowest position is called the sole.

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