Had a chat with GPT and discovered a fun cat fact: Adult cats almost never use "meowing" to communicate with each other—they rely more on scent and body movements. But after living with humans, cats specifically develop "meowing" as a way to "mimic a baby's cry" and grab their owner's attention. In other words: cats "learned to talk" just to communicate with humans. For many cats, their biggest "linguistic achievement" in life is training a human who understands them. Studies show that the frequency of a cat's "meow" is close to that of a human baby's cry, which triggers a natural instinct in humans to pay attention. In other words, cats use their voice to "pretend to be pitiful" so you can't help but respond to them. Cats only "retain" this meowing behavior after living with humans. Why? Because they realize humans are especially sensitive to sounds—much more than to "scents" or "subtle movements." So cats use different tones of "meows" to "manipulate humans.