Cat’s Purring Benefits Both Cats and Humans

Everybody knows that cats purr when they’re feeling pleasure. But evolution brings to us some evidence for the other benefits that cats get from purring, as well as humans. Cats evolved to live better in their environments. There are more theories that explain the cat’s purring.

According to the first one, purring is a result of activity in the throat and diaphragm muscles, while another theory states that it happens because of the lingual bone, which is placed right under the tongue.

Purring is vital for kittens. After they’re born, kittens are blind and they are communicate with their mother through purring sounds. Little kittens use purring for communication when hiding from the predators. Kittens start to purr two days after birth. Cats also purr when they give birth.

Not only cats benefit from purring. Humans do, too. The frequency of a cat’s purring is somewhere between 25 and 100 Hz. The same sound frequency is used as treatments for some bone diseases. Scientists have discovered that hypersonic waves from the cat’s purring helps to recover bones and treat rheumatism.

Maybe you don’t know this, but the cat are not the only animals that purr. Other animals include: gorillas, rabbits, lemurs, elephants and hyenas, but cats are the only ones that do it while breathing. Big cats like lions, tigers and panthers do not purr.