• Domestic cats possess “pads” embedded within their vocal cords, which add an extra layer of fatty tissue that allows them to vibrate at low frequencies, and the larynx of these animals doesn’t appear to need any input from the brain to produce such purring. https://www.science.org/content/article/how-do-cats-purr-new-finding-challenges-long-held-assumptions 5 comments 3/10/2023 science

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