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by game masta on September 10th, 2006

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Why don't house cats roar like lions do?

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  • by rincewind11189 on September 10th, 2006

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    Only four cats can roar: The lion, tiger, leopard, and jaguar. In small cats like house cats the bones in their throats are hardened and closer together and can only produce smaller vibrations.

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  • by smartie on September 15th, 2006

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    House cats, like other domestic animals were tamed and domesticated earlier by humans. Some animals were domesticated for food and others, like the house for companionship. They have gone through some evolutionary modifications of their lifestyles and among the changes were needing protection, food and shelter from humans. They have lost their "full capability" to live in the wild.

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  • by Anonymous on June 23rd, 2008

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    The ability to roar comes from an elongated and specially adapted larynx and hyoid apparatus. When air passes through the larynx on the way to the lungs, the cartilage walls of the larynx vibrate, producing sound. The lion's larynx is longest, giving it the most robust roar. Though jaguars are considered great cats, they are not often known to roar and have a less developed larynx. The snow leopard is also said to have a larynx nearly adapted for roaring, but it is far less developed than that of the jaguar.

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  • by Prunesquallor on June 23rd, 2008

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    Actually I once saw an enormous Siberian Tiger in the zoo, and as it walked round its enclosure, it started to make a sound. I was expecting an earth-rumbling roar, but in fact what came out was a miaow!

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  • by david askari on September 15th, 2006

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    It could be because " function follows form". Otherwise I would want to know why a bugle or trumpet cannot make the sound that a Tuba makes. Now I am going to go on a limb, maybe the long sound waves of a "roar" cannot fit in the mouth of the small cat. Some Tom's can sound pretty husky but it is not quite the roar of a lion, the roar is also accompanied by another stimulus that makes it a roar rather that I yelling" roar, roar, roooaar", at you. The long sound waves also vibrate through the ground and you will still know a lion just roared if deaf. The house cat has the most complete purr cycle of the cats. Purr is continuous weather taking a breath in or out. The big cats purr a variation of the house cat. Some on the breathing in only and others on exhale. The domestic cat is the final product of the evolution of cats. It comes in third for multiplying, and that is behind number one and two which are not lovable, roaches and rats. Big cats have their kingdoms in the jungle but the house cat took over the earth, establishing medical care and other goodies that is but a dream in the wild. The domestic can kill more species of animals that any other big cat (advertising how easy I am when I join your family) (did I mention I prefer being fed?). House cats kill anything that moves from the size of a gnat to cotton tail rabbits. That is 1500 hundred or so on the menu. They are the only animal WHO LIKES TO HUNT JUST AS SOME HUMANS do, for sport! for fun! after a big canned lunch! Finally, the meek ( the weakest smallest of the cat family ) inherited the earth a few centuries ago while the rest are forced into smaller parts of the planet. We know how that will pan out.

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  • by thewallfly on June 23rd, 2008

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    Their too sophisticated.

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  • by emilyjack on September 11th, 2006

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    because there mouths are to small

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