{"id":480,"date":"2021-10-27T18:41:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T18:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/?p=480"},"modified":"2021-10-27T18:41:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T18:41:39","slug":"why-do-cats-purr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/why-do-cats-purr\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do cats purr?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There is no definite answer as to why cats purr. Most scientists believe that the larynx (voice box), laryngeal muscles, and a neural oscillator are involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kittens learn how to purr when they are a couple of days old and veterinarians think that this purring tells the mother cat that it is ok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As cats get older, many think that it is a sign of contentment or pleasure, but a cat also purrs when in pain. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctors have suggested that the low frequency vibrations of the purr is a natural healing mechanism that is related to the strengthening and repairing of bones, relief of pain, and wound healing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no definite answer as to why cats purr. Most scientists believe that the larynx (voice box), laryngeal muscles, and a neural oscillator are involved. Kittens learn how to purr when they are a couple of days old and veterinarians think that this purring tells the mother cat that it is ok. As cats&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more navbutton\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/why-do-cats-purr\/\">Read More<i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":""},"categories":[],"tags":[418,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1607,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480\/revisions\/1607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}