【紀錄片】喵言貓語【雙語特效字幕】【紀錄片之家愛自然】 P1 - 貓咪觀察 喵言貓語 1

Cats. Playful pets. Fearsome fighters. Deadly hunters. They beguile, intrigue and mercilessly exploit us. But how much do we truly understand these enigmatic creatures? Millions of us have cats in our homes. They're one of our favourite pets and yet we still know very little about them. So in a groundbreaking scientific study we've been unlocking the secrets of our feline friends. In this final part of our study we want to find out just how our cats are coping with being pets in the 21st century. How are they getting along with us and with each other? We're going to reveal the remarkable language of your cat. There's a trill that Jasper does in there which is quite, yeah that's it. They make that funny little noise, they go kik, kik. Okay, let's let him go. And Britain's top cat experts will carry out experiments to discover how cats let each other know if they're friend or foe. The surprising conversations they have while we're asleep and why we find them irresistible. She's got a lovely narrow little face and these lovely little ears. Tonight we'll explore how your cats communicate with each other and what they're trying to say to you. We're nearing the end of our unique month-long study following 100 cats and we're getting a real insight into their lives. We've seen what they get up to on the farm, in the village and this time we're focusing on the city cats. This is Hanover, a maze of terraced streets in Brighton city centre. Areas like this one in the south of England have the highest density of cats in the country. There are over 50 cats on this street alone and in some homes there are more cats than there are people. With so many cats living together, this is the perfect place to find out how they communicate with each other and with us. At Cat HQ our experts are looking for examples of the most obvious way our cats communicate, to us at least. They're trawling through the footage from our cat cameras to uncover the sounds our cats make when they're on the prowl. This is from Smudge. It's the dead of night and he's out patrolling his territory when he spots another cat. Yowls like this are common when there's conflict between cats. It's early morning and Tigger spots a strange black cat on a nearby roof. And listen to this. Chittering may simply be a sound of frustration but scientists are still not exactly sure. This is Rocky. He makes this noise when he finds another cat blocking the way. But the story of cat communication is a lot more surprising than this. There's one noise our scientists have hardly found in the footage.