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 2 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.