Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!sco!tracyr
From: tracyr@sco.COM (Tracy Roberts)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: a cat's purr
Keywords: evolution, feline
Message-ID: <2765@scolex.sco.COM>
Date: 23 May 89 16:45:30 GMT
Reply-To: tracyr@sco.COM (Tracy Roberts)
Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
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i was just wondering if anyone out there knew the origin of
the cat's purr.  why was/is it useful for cats to display
contented-ness?  how is purring related to survival of the
feline species?  was it merely a mechanism to comfort the 
offspring?

any insights/ideas greatly appreciated.

-tracy
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