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From: srp@cgl.ucsf.edu (Scott R. Presnell%Langridge)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: a cat's purr
Keywords: evolution, feline
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Date: 2 Jun 89 14:41:37 GMT
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In article <1539@brwa.inmos.co.uk> jg@inmos.co.uk (John Giannandrea) writes:

>In article <2765@scolex.sco.COM> tracyr@sco.COM (Tracy Roberts) writes:
>>i was just wondering if anyone out there knew the origin of the cat's purr. 
>
>It's probably based in a greeting.

Indeed, one of our cats would say "purrr-aaow" as a greeting occasionally,
as apposed to the normal course of her conversations with us.



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