Katz Tales: Cats don’t meow at each other, only at humans

A cat reacting during the World Golden Cat international exhibition in Minsk, Belarus, on Feb 4. There are apparently five distinct cat meows for different occasions. Photo: Reuters

On Friday, I got out of the taxi and found a lady talking to the handsome Russian blue lookalike cat who lives in the same street as our local pub. She was stroking him, and he was bouncing up and down on his paws, shouting, “MeowrrrrawOW!” at the top of his lungs.

“Isn’t he sweet?” she said to me. “It’s just like he’s talking.”