@Kyeh@werehatrack
Funny how a HUGE animal like that, one that can become so furious, can have such a tiny soft voice. I just never pictured it… MEOW MEOW!
@ExtraMedium@f00l I think it’s because they’re linked as #shorts instead of regular video links, which mediocrebot wasn’t taught how to handle. (though I bet I could fix it quick if Meh wanted to send me a job offer in my IRK…)
As a manual fix, replace /shorts/ with /watch?v= and it works.
@ExtraMedium@f00l@xobzoo Until today, I’d never had Mehdown fail to handle a Youtube link as an automatic-embed video. I’ll use that /watch?v= syntax going forward.
@ExtraMedium@f00l@xobzoo
That’s funny! I’d LOVE to get one of those wheels for my guy but if he doesn’t like it I’m stuck with the most expensive and useless cat toy ever! I mean what do you do with something like that, besides passing it on to the next spoiled cat? It could end up being more regretful than any IRK I’ve ever gotten!
@Kyeh
As do Bobcats- we often hear them at night [especially in the springtime] somewhere back in our ‘swampy woodland areas’.
Both SWMBO, and her mom saw one of them moving around at the edge of our wooded areas a few times:
,
,
and
.
“Why do bobcats scream?
Bobcat screams, often described as resembling a woman’s terrified shriek, are a unique vocalization primarily used for mating calls during breeding season, and can be heard up to a mile away from the source.”
BTW, their screams are similar, but also different to the screams of our neighbor’s peacocks which we hear more often during the daylight hours, but can sometimes also hear at night:
BTW, if you have any interest in wildlife or natural history, and have a sense of humor, you might want to check out: https://www.youtube.com/@zefrank
Here’s an example of their work:
@Kyeh@pakopako
I never thought of that, but you’re right, it does sound plausible.
But, AI says:
“Bobcat Goldthwait got his nickname from a performance he did early in his career, where he adopted the name “Bobcat” as a tribute to comedian Barry Crimmins, who used the moniker “Bear Cat.” The name stuck and became his stage persona.”
@Kyeh@PhysAssist We’ve had a couple of momcats who went LOUDLY into heat as soon as their kittens were about ten weeks old, and the cries they made All Damn Night Long sounded a lot like the bobcat’s. Ferals having Discussions About Territory on our patio have sounded similar, with the prominent addition of “wow wow wow wow” vocalizations that were sometimes louder.
I say cats do not meow. Can you honestly say you hear the “m” in the sound(s) they make? Further, I say the structure of their mouth makes it impossible for them to articulate the “m” sound Replace it with a “y” perhaps?
@detailer@OnionSoup I have seen the sound written as “mao” as well, and that is a definite variant that I can hear. We have a couple of cats whose vocalizations are very specifically indicative of what they want us to do. One of them has a vocabulary of at least a dozen “words” that she employs. (She’s our calico, named Kitsune. Yes, I’m aware of the inherent absurdity there, but she has a very fox-like face, and she never got very big. She has a level of cute that is all the way to “weaponized.”)
@detailer@Kyeh@PhysAssist Cats of royalty were, in some instances, known to be dressed in golden jewelry and allowed to eat from the plates of their owners.
OK who of us have not bought a gold necklace for their cat?
@Kyeh And it would be deposited in the place on the floor that is most likely to result in both the maximum damage to your foot and the maximum damage to the necklace. Because Cat. And said Cat would be sitting there looking up with serene expectation of scritches.
Another one.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gPteG6PNK1E
@werehatrack I love the purring!
@Kyeh @werehatrack
MEOW MEOW! 
Funny how a HUGE animal like that, one that can become so furious, can have such a tiny soft voice. I just never pictured it…
@Kyeh @Lynnerizer @werehatrack they’re not particularly vicious; they’re a surprise and chase animal. See also puma.
Compare to lions or wolves who have a hierarchy and face challenges to said positioning.
Oh wait, yakkoTDI has a better explanation video down below
The competition:
https://youtube.com/shorts/Gkn90Xj0n20?si=CQyAvKS3I5sZfWdG
@f00l @extramedium
How come YouTube videos aren’t in bedding?
/giphy grumpy
@ExtraMedium @f00l I think it’s because they’re linked as
#shortsinstead of regular video links, which mediocrebot wasn’t taught how to handle. (though I bet I could fix it quick if Meh wanted to send me a job offer in my IRK…)As a manual fix, replace
/shorts/with/watch?v=and it works.For example, werehatrack’s:
And f00l’s:
@ExtraMedium @f00l I like the afterwards (night video)
@ExtraMedium @pakopako
Of that channel’s three cats, Evie is by far my fav (being only a viewer)
Evie is, by far, the most nakedly demanding, entitled, and shameless.
@ExtraMedium @xobzoo
Oooh. Tyvm!
Hope they fix this so that I don’t have to remember to bother editing urls.
@ExtraMedium @f00l @xobzoo Until today, I’d never had Mehdown fail to handle a Youtube link as an automatic-embed video. I’ll use that /watch?v= syntax going forward.
@ExtraMedium @f00l @xobzoo
That’s funny! I’d LOVE to get one of those wheels for my guy but if he doesn’t like it I’m stuck with the most expensive and useless cat toy ever! I mean what do you do with something like that, besides passing it on to the next spoiled cat? It could end up being more regretful than any IRK I’ve ever gotten!
That’s because Cheetahs are not big cats.
Also, cats don’t always follow the rules.
And mountain lions scream
@Kyeh
As do Bobcats- we often hear them at night [especially in the springtime] somewhere back in our ‘swampy woodland areas’.
Both SWMBO, and her mom saw one of them moving around at the edge of our wooded areas a few times:
,
,
and
.
“Why do bobcats scream?
Bobcat screams, often described as resembling a woman’s terrified shriek, are a unique vocalization primarily used for mating calls during breeding season, and can be heard up to a mile away from the source.”
Sources:
https://www.google.com/search?q=bobcat+screaming&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS1158&oq=bobcat+screaming&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyCQgAEEUYORiABDIHCAEQABiABDIHCAIQABiABDIHCAMQABiABDIKCAQQABixAxiABDIHCAUQABiABDIHCAYQABiABDIHCAcQABiABDIHCAgQABiABDIGCAkQABge0gEIOTY1MWowajeoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
BTW, their screams are similar, but also different to the screams of our neighbor’s peacocks which we hear more often during the daylight hours, but can sometimes also hear at night:
BTW, if you have any interest in wildlife or natural history, and have a sense of humor, you might want to check out:
https://www.youtube.com/@zefrank
Here’s an example of their work:
@PhysAssist Yeah, peacocks are obnoxious.
@Kyeh @PhysAssist
That makes sense why 80s/90s comedian Robert Goldthwait got the name “Bobcat”.
@Kyeh @pakopako
I never thought of that, but you’re right, it does sound plausible.
But, AI says:
“Bobcat Goldthwait got his nickname from a performance he did early in his career, where he adopted the name “Bobcat” as a tribute to comedian Barry Crimmins, who used the moniker “Bear Cat.” The name stuck and became his stage persona.”
@Kyeh @PhysAssist We’ve had a couple of momcats who went LOUDLY into heat as soon as their kittens were about ten weeks old, and the cries they made All Damn Night Long sounded a lot like the bobcat’s. Ferals having Discussions About Territory on our patio have sounded similar, with the prominent addition of “wow wow wow wow” vocalizations that were sometimes louder.
@PhysAssist @werehatrack Ugh, that cat in heat sound is terrible.
I say cats do not meow. Can you honestly say you hear the “m” in the sound(s) they make? Further, I say the structure of their mouth makes it impossible for them to articulate the “m” sound Replace it with a “y” perhaps?
@detailer I agree. And yet most languages give them an "m:"
@Kyeh Well,they are all just wrong!
@detailer Our cats say NOW as in
“Feed me NOW!”
(But I don’t hear an E sound in it at all)
@detailer I hear the “m” although “mow” is closer than meow.
Had one cat that when he was distressed (going to vet in car) would sound like he was saying “Iowa”
@detailer @OnionSoup I have seen the sound written as “mao” as well, and that is a definite variant that I can hear. We have a couple of cats whose vocalizations are very specifically indicative of what they want us to do. One of them has a vocabulary of at least a dozen “words” that she employs. (She’s our calico, named Kitsune. Yes, I’m aware of the inherent absurdity there, but she has a very fox-like face, and she never got very big. She has a level of cute that is all the way to “weaponized.”)
@detailer @OnionSoup @werehatrack
/image Kliban mao cat
You have to go back about 50 years to get the political reference.
@detailer Listening attentively, it seems to me that my cat doesn’t use any consonants at all.
@detailer @Kyeh
“Meow” Is Just Another Name for “Cat”
https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation?paperid=94947#:~:text=They called the cat “miw,head%2C eyes%2C and tail.
This article does get deep into the weeds, but was an interesting discussion.
@detailer @Kyeh @PhysAssist
Cats of royalty were, in some instances, known to be dressed in golden jewelry and allowed to eat from the plates of their owners.
OK who of us have not bought a gold necklace for their cat?
@detailer @PhysAssist @pmarin My cat would just find a way to take it off, or try to.
@Kyeh And it would be deposited in the place on the floor that is most likely to result in both the maximum damage to your foot and the maximum damage to the necklace. Because Cat. And said Cat would be sitting there looking up with serene expectation of scritches.
@werehatrack Probably so!
@detailer @Kyeh @PhysAssist
…and trade it to a street dealer for catnip…?
@detailer @PhysAssist @pmarin He’d just like to have his food bowl adequately maintained, thank you very much!!!
