Re: caterwauling

[Ron/datadigr <rdg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Found this:

Q: Why does a dog howl when harmonica player plays?
A: He?s trying to show him how the song goes.

and this:

http://www.boston.com/globe/search/stories/health/how_and_why/110998.htm

"Actually, it has nothing to do with how well or poorly
the harmonica is being played. Dogs don't howl, as some
think, because a sound is hurting their ears. Those howls
are the ancient cry of the wolf still embedded in your
dog's genes.

"Dr. Nicholas Dodman, director of the Animal Behavior
Clinic at the Tufts Veterinary School, explains that
dogs howl in response to sounds that trigger vestigial
biological responses that were part of their ancestors
10,000 to 12,000 years ago, when most scientists think
our human ancestors tamed wild animals into the dogs we
know today."

So maybe it's similar with cats. But that doesn't explain this
difference:

Dogs have owners.
Cats have staff.

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