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[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is true, and it's absolutely fascinating, because it's literally the birth of a tiny language every time. The cat makes noise and notices that the human does something it wants, which makes the cat associate the noise with the action. The human hears the noise repeatedly and notices that the cat is happy about what they are doing, so they associate the noise with the action. It's a shared language between two individuals, which is just so precious!

[–] ericisshort@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Your explanation is so precious!

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Restaldt@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

MYYYYYYYYYY PREEEEECIOUS