Male and female cats respond differently to distressed kittens

(BioMed Central) Female domestic cats adjust their response to kitten calls depending on how urgent they sound, according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology. Independent of their own experience of raising kittens, female cats distinguish between kitten calls that convey different levels of urgency and react accordingly, researchers at Hannover Medical School and the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany have found. Male cats do not adjust their response in similar ways.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news