OK so last night in French class someone was telling me that cats sound different in France than here in England. And that the same kind of animal can make make different sounds depending on the location. I'm thinking someone is pulling my leg... but just in case they aren't can anyone present some evidence? I just don't quite buy it!
2006-11-02 04:00:15 · 19 answers · asked by nature_guy 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Yes it has supposedly been proved that cows do. I saw it on the news.
'Cows have regional accents like humans, language specialists have suggested.
They decided to examine the issue after dairy farmers noticed their cows had slightly different moos, depending on which herd they came from.
John Wells, Professor of Phonetics at the University of London, said regional twangs had been seen before in birds'
Check this BBC article.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5277090.stm
2006-11-02 04:03:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh dear, they are definitely pulling your leg. Cats in France, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Austria, Usa etc (can't remember all the places I've been to) all meow the same and look the same. The only difference I can see is that in Europe the cats seem to be wild rather than domesticated and so would not be as friendly and would probably run away unless you had food for them.
2006-11-02 12:50:46 · answer #2 · answered by patsy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Biologists talk of some higher animals having "culture", ie. regionally varying behavioural traits learned from the parents. As for communication yes, it has been shown that different populations of dolphins and chimpanzees use different sound to communicate with each other. I'm not sure if the same is true for cats...
2006-11-03 20:08:24 · answer #3 · answered by bergab_hase 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I actually believe it. I'm a teache rin South Korea and when i teach children 'pets' for the first time, and when i metion dog they all start making the sound 'mong mong'. At first i was like what the....? and then i was like okay cool thats just what they think they here. So the next time i went out i made a point to listen to the next dog i heard barking and seriously mong mong, no joke. I thought i was going crazy so i asked some other teachers and they laughed at me and sure enough three days later i got a phone call and two emails saying that i was right Korean dogs go 'mong mong' i'm not joking, it still makes me laugh 3 years later!
2006-11-02 12:18:47 · answer #4 · answered by shug A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel the answer is yes because if you took say a dog to France and had someone there call the dog they would not come because the command is not in English as taught but i feel that animals sometimes try to emulate what we humans communicate with so i feel that they might bark slightly different not completely some dogs seem to try and talk like there owners so i say yes but its still just a myth i guess ! Good Luck !
2006-11-02 15:58:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
My dogs that we brought over to UK from SA asks me everyday "Ya, awright", and nice day innit ", so they are Pommies now. But genuine i dont believe that animals sounds different in other countries, the cats here in UK mious the same as the cats in SA:))))))
2006-11-02 12:10:48 · answer #6 · answered by Duisend-poot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes... There was research where they got dog owners to phone in and recorded the owners voice and the dogs bark on an answerphone.. Apparently the most distinctive is the liverpuddlian accent... in both cases :>
2006-11-03 07:08:39 · answer #7 · answered by blue_cabbage 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. Two of our cats have local Wexford accents (Mioh) and the third has a cute Donegal accent (Miaye) since that's where we rescued her while on holiday.
2006-11-02 12:13:06 · answer #8 · answered by crosbie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmmm dno if it true but i must admit in portual the cats meowed differently but that might just be because i was in a diff country and was thinkin hmmm i wonder if the cats have "accents" then made myself think it sounded diff? if you find evidence then u betta tell me!!! bt i dnt think it impossible!
2006-11-02 12:03:17 · answer #9 · answered by Amy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. just as i read your question the bbc documentary on the senses of animals that im watching on dvd stated that humpback whales have been proven to have regional dialects
2006-11-02 15:14:11 · answer #10 · answered by clearair1234 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋