I'm curious, given the varying responses of our cats to different animal noises outside and on the telly. Sometimes, a perfectly innocuous-sounding bark or mew on a soundtrack can have one or other going into full-on alarm- or excited- mode.
And we can soon tell which SF/Fantasy-monster noises have real animal sounds in the mix as the cats prick their ears towards the telly.
Weirdest one was an australian nature documentary series. Yes, all the birdsong got Sable's keen interest. No, none of the animals did, up to and including startlingly noisy things like the Tazmanian Devil.
Whatever she was hearing just didn't trip her instincts. Whereas for eg, coyotes on a soundtrack definitely do.
Last night's yipping was of short enough duration that it didn't trip their alarms. Sometimes they go on alert and pace through the house. Other times, they perk up and listen. And every so often, like last night, they sleep through it.
I know some folks leave Animal Planet on their TV when they go out. I wouldn't dare. When King hears animal noises come from the box--birds, cats, dogs--he stands at alert in front of the set, head cocked, then tries to get behind the thing to see where the noise is coming from. That was ok when I had the 300-lb console TV that he could barely budge. The 35-lb TV on the wheeled stand? No.
I will have to watch whether sounds like lion roars and other noises they have no experience with capture their attention.
Oh my Crom, you just triggered an ancient memory for me...
In 4th grade I played Ichabod Crane in my class production of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Just before the headless horseman comes after him, we get a howling-dog sound effect, and IC has a line: "Van Meer's dog! So far away!"
I hope you aren't growing any pumpkins next to those tomatoes!
Spooky indeed. There is at least one large pack of coyotes near my house. Sometimes when they get going they sound like beings from outer space. And they always trip off the internal alarms of the wolf hybrids next door.
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Date: 2009-05-13 12:30 pm (UTC)I'm curious, given the varying responses of our cats to different animal noises outside and on the telly. Sometimes, a perfectly innocuous-sounding bark or mew on a soundtrack can have one or other going into full-on alarm- or excited- mode.
And we can soon tell which SF/Fantasy-monster noises have real animal sounds in the mix as the cats prick their ears towards the telly.
Weirdest one was an australian nature documentary series. Yes, all the birdsong got Sable's keen interest. No, none of the animals did, up to and including startlingly noisy things like the Tazmanian Devil.
Whatever she was hearing just didn't trip her instincts. Whereas for eg, coyotes on a soundtrack definitely do.
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Date: 2009-05-13 12:40 pm (UTC)I know some folks leave Animal Planet on their TV when they go out. I wouldn't dare. When King hears animal noises come from the box--birds, cats, dogs--he stands at alert in front of the set, head cocked, then tries to get behind the thing to see where the noise is coming from. That was ok when I had the 300-lb console TV that he could barely budge. The 35-lb TV on the wheeled stand? No.
I will have to watch whether sounds like lion roars and other noises they have no experience with capture their attention.
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Date: 2009-05-13 05:12 pm (UTC)In 4th grade I played Ichabod Crane in my class production of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Just before the headless horseman comes after him, we get a howling-dog sound effect, and IC has a line: "Van Meer's dog! So far away!"
I hope you aren't growing any pumpkins next to those tomatoes!
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Date: 2009-05-13 05:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-14 12:13 am (UTC)The Headless Ponyman
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Date: 2009-05-14 12:14 am (UTC)