Fluther: What part of a cat makes the "purrr" sound?

Asked by kelly (1918

) March 6th, 2007
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is it lungs, heart, throat sound???

Topics: cats, purring, animal sounds

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scientists don't know! they can't locate the purrr! (i think this is fascinating)

nomtastic (979

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Straight Dope has a good writeup: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_007.html (And also this really interesting article: http://www.bksv.com/2798.asp )

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