I had to take my two cats for their annual checkups and Dr David told me that while dogs have about 10 different sounds, cats have about 100 which they can combine to "talk".
I know that my female has a definite word for "food" which her brother has also started to use - and of course there is the universal signal for "I can see a bird!!!"
I'll have to start to take more notice of the sounds the cats are making - they are Burmese and talk all the time.
Bradamante - Warrior Maiden
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