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Why Cats Purr: Healing, Comfort, Stress Relief & Attention

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  1. Introduction Cats aren’t just purring because they’re happy. According to National Geographic, purring can signal a range of emotions and needs, from comfort to distress, and even an attempt to seek attention. Purring is a complex, multi-purpose behavior. 2. How Cats Create the Purr Your cat’s familiar rumble comes from rapid movement of their laryngeal muscles and vocal folds during both inhalation and exhalation. Airflow through the glottis vibrates these tissues in a neural rhythm, possibly controlled by a “purr‑oscillator” in the brain. Half‑big cats and some viverrids (like genets) can produce similar sounds, but not all big cats, such as lions or tigers, purr in this manner due to differences in throat anatomy. 3. Why Cats Purr 🔹 a) Contentment & Bonding Most commonly, cats purr when relaxed, like while being petted, cuddling, or kneading. From their earliest days, kittens purr to communicate with their mother, creating a sense of security and bonding. 🔹 b) He...

Papua Silver Arowana

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It is the famous papua silver arowana, very aggressive and quick moving fish, especially at attacking moment to get its food, like frog, cricker, slice of fresh meal, etc

Alligator gar fish the "silent"

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It' s a very effisien moving of fish but able to swallow a food bigger than its mouth it self, belong to be a member of the predatory fishes. It was here about two years ago and we named it "Ally" the alligator fish, we can feed "Ally" by holding a slice of fresh fish near to its mouth, and "Ally" will strike quickly then swallowed... mmm..

my tiger catfish

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It's my tiger catfish, it has been two years old here, kept in a medium size aquarium with the other predator fishes, so they could live peacefully, we give some slices of fresh fish to feed them. Tiger shovelnose catfish are originally found in the Amazons in the La Plata, Corintijns, Essequibo, Orinoco and Paraná River basins. They can however today be found in a number of other places around the world where they have been introduced. They are usually quite easily feed and will accept dead food (sometimes requires training) such as shrimp, crab, crayfish and fish meat, Tiger Shovelnose catfish loves living food and it is beneficial to give them feeder fish every one and then. Feeder fish and especially feeder goldfish should however never be their main diet.

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