No We Didn't Ya Lying

cats aren’t mimicking human infant cries when they meow. Why would they do that? How would they even know if they’ve never met a human infant? You know when cats meow that doesn’t involve humans? To their babies. Their kittens mewl and they meow back, until the kittens can open their eyes and learn the non-vocal and sub-vocal cat language cues.

Cats don’t meow to us because they’re trying to manipulate us into thinking they’re our babies. Cats meow to us because they suspect that we’re just big, bumbling babies that Need Some Extra Help Communicating.

She used to be a mother, before she came home with me. So it makes hella sense. 

When I go outside, she watches through the window and makes a little ‘meep’ sound when I walk back in, or longer mews, probably asking where I’ve been. She also likes to alert me after she jumps on me, with a meow.