Those gray squirrel calls are to alert their colony that theres a predator nearby. The cat is mimicing it poorly so I imagine from the squirrels perspective...
Squirrel: Watch out! Theres a predator! Hide! Cat: WaTcH oUt! ThErEs A pReDaToR! Idiot...
Imagine you're sleeping at a campground and you're awoken by another camper screaming, "Oh god, what the fuck is that?" And then, a few minutes later, you hear, "Ogg hod... aate ffuki sat"
That pretty much happened in Predator, the Yautja kept recording humans talking and playing it back at them to confuse them, but it sounded all distorted and wrong.
And it works cause cats are only slightly more violent than Yautja.
When I was a kid, visiting my grandparents, their cat was really good at the bird calls. I remember sitting there perfectly still and watching a bird get closer and closer to find the source of the sound. It did suss the cat before getting caught and flew away but I was impressed at how close it got. Before that, I'd only ever heard cats make sounds that were nothing close to the actual bird sounds.
Doesn't look like it to me. It's exactly the same sounds both our cats make when observing seagull, chew, magpie, and even blue tits. Oh, and every other cat we owned. It's just a bit louder but that can be up to the cat's personality, the closeness of the encounter or the closeness of the mic (or all three)
Congrats. Finally you found a query that ChatGPT was actually kinda seemingly more useful at: That sound is usually called chattering (sometimes chirring or twittering). [It’s that rapid ek-ek-ek teeth-clicking noise cats make when they spot prey]
That is amazing, thankyou for the answer. I also think it was clever to use gpt for this kind of "I'm thinking of a thing..." type of query. I'd have already googled it if I knew what the question was, but you used Chat to figure out my question, then answer it. +1
Bigemedic
Cute and cuddly, but an apex predator nonetheless.
Twinklepot
Catterbox
Dannyalcatraz
Impressions for a nightclub or just sarCATstic mockery?
LaffertyDanie1
Aww he wants to murder things
certainlynotaserialkiller
Californiajackson
🤣
Wapusk
That is a gorgeous animal.
DaftMink
Your cat knows how to swear in SO many animal languages.
CBadger
Those gray squirrel calls are to alert their colony that theres a predator nearby. The cat is mimicing it poorly so I imagine from the squirrels perspective...
Squirrel: Watch out! Theres a predator! Hide!
Cat: WaTcH oUt! ThErEs A pReDaToR! Idiot...
OfficialTrollInspector
Imagine you're sleeping at a campground and you're awoken by another camper screaming, "Oh god, what the fuck is that?" And then, a few minutes later, you hear, "Ogg hod... aate ffuki sat"
CBadger
That pretty much happened in Predator, the Yautja kept recording humans talking and playing it back at them to confuse them, but it sounded all distorted and wrong.
And it works cause cats are only slightly more violent than Yautja.
ToSisPoS
Kitties are natural mimics.
They imitate the cries of babies to draw human attention and they scare predators off by pretending that they are poisonous snakes.
ToSisPoS
I’m guessing a cat downvoted that because they’re angry I figured out their tricks
RagnartheCat
that's not imitation, cats just do that sometimes when they see something they want to kill.
theskepticinme
TsubakiTragic
agreed. It;s called "chattering" or "chittering" and translates to "I'm gonna rip yer fuckin head off then shit down yer throat".
Anonymous0070
Fun fact: Ferals don't do this. Completely silent.
WeaponizedJerk
She's not imitating a damn thing, quit it with the bullshit captions.
usingYourMomAsAHat
Ekekekekek
PapaSez
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1a3FyeTUwaGF2eGIyczQzZnYxODBkZm4yajVlc2RtN3VhbWRmaGE0dCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/KPrrkrJLRq8TK/200w.webp
AllegedlyUncleTonton
Krkrkrkrkr
WackyWavingInflatableArmFlailingTubman
First they started growing thumbs now this bullshit. Hell nah
souvenir90nine
Cat: "Those duolingo lessons aren't paying off"
certainlynotaserialkiller
thats a pretty pussy
HuruinaInu
The cat equivalent of people saying "COWS" when we see cows as we drive down the highway
MontsterTacks
Those are some beautiful eyes.
BMANN
Sour Apple Flavor
Frazzledragon
This is complete nonsense. It's cherrypicked samples and suggestive interpretation.
khora
Beautiful plumage
wobblecopterrrr
fun fact!; no cat has ever caught a birb doing this.. they're just fkn weird...
SnakuPlisskin
When I was a kid, visiting my grandparents, their cat was really good at the bird calls. I remember sitting there perfectly still and watching a bird get closer and closer to find the source of the sound. It did suss the cat before getting caught and flew away but I was impressed at how close it got. Before that, I'd only ever heard cats make sounds that were nothing close to the actual bird sounds.
dumberthanyouraveragebear
I’m a scientist with a PHd in cuddly murder things… this is correct.
Thegreenestthumb9
I'm wondering if it was a functional behaviour once but got messed up with domestication
JasonWaterfaIIs
Like their gills
BornOnAMonday83
Their what?
CBadger
Their gills.
ForTheBestReally
onetimepost9
Mimicking the sounds of the animals she wants to eat…
Yacobs21
So that video of the cat barking must have been really confident in themselves
DaveSamsonite
Bengal cats are very talkative. We used to breed them. I've had nearly a dozen in our own home. We are down to two now.
pareidoliaperson
Just like me in a buffet.
KareemCheezItz
What sound do you make when you get to the fried shrimp?
pareidoliaperson
Wouldn't you like to know, weather boy.
Sesquey
The Eks…
ReallyOG
Same
firlefranz
sssssame!
FiftyShadesOfTiramisu
wobblecopterrrr
*quackadoodledoo!*
DobbyOneKenobi
"Oh.. Its just a space-duck."
stiklikegiant
The three-toned hawk call may have been a warning. Small cats can still be prey. Awesome that she has a "word" for every animal she encounters.
gronzilla
Doesn't look like it to me. It's exactly the same sounds both our cats make when observing seagull, chew, magpie, and even blue tits. Oh, and every other cat we owned. It's just a bit louder but that can be up to the cat's personality, the closeness of the encounter or the closeness of the mic (or all three)
JasonWaterfaIIs
What's the name of the thing they're doing? Like, how would I search "the weird noise that cats make"? Cat whistling?
gronzilla
Congrats. Finally you found a query that ChatGPT was actually kinda seemingly more useful at: That sound is usually called chattering (sometimes chirring or twittering). [It’s that rapid ek-ek-ek teeth-clicking noise cats make when they spot prey]
JasonWaterfaIIs
That is amazing, thankyou for the answer. I also think it was clever to use gpt for this kind of "I'm thinking of a thing..." type of query. I'd have already googled it if I knew what the question was, but you used Chat to figure out my question, then answer it. +1
PosthumousExile