---- Joseph McAllister <pentax...@mac.com> wrote: > On Jan 29, 2009, at 07:56 , frank theriault wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 1:27 AM, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote: > > > >> Most cats do. There's a special sort of noise that cats make when > >> they are watching birds just outside the window - a kind of click > >> or chirrup. I don't know why they do that, but it's a noise that > >> I have come to know well. > > > > According to Desmond Morris in his book Cat Watching it's what many > > "domesticated" cats do when they see prey but are unable to actually > > catch it. The "teeth chattering" is them practicing severing the > > spinal cord of their captured prey, thus disabling them. Sounds > > cruel, but I guess when capturing large, vicious prey like rats, > > immediate disablement is preferred... > > > > I've had several cats over the years that have made that noise, too. > > > I wonder what my cat is thinking when she sits on my chect with her > paws on my shoulder and purrs while I stroke her back? The fact that > she starts kneading my hair and drooling into it have anything to do > with thoughts of taking a spine severing bite out of my neck some day?
She's encouraging you to produce (literally) milk for her to drink. I wouldn't do it - it only encourages them. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
