{"id":38980,"date":"2015-08-03T06:33:06","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T10:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.com\/?p=38980"},"modified":"2015-07-31T15:33:38","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T19:33:38","slug":"uncommon-knowledge-how-can-your-cat-help-with-a-broken-leg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/2015\/uncommon-knowledge-how-can-your-cat-help-with-a-broken-leg\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Knowledge: How Can Your Cat Help With a Broken Leg?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/cat-tao-glasses-set-of-four?source=blog_UK150804\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38984\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/22064_zoom1.jpg\" alt=\"22064_zoom1\" width=\"620\" height=\"620\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThere are as many theories about why cats purr as there are types of cats (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TXkLgtusza4\" target=\"_blank\">we&#8217;re lookin&#8217; at you, T. S. Eliot<\/a>). It&#8217;s common knowledge that cats purr when they&#8217;re content, like when they&#8217;re being fed or stroked, but their unique, vibrating sound may also have a specific connection to their human masters. A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/broadcast\/read\/1210\" target=\"_blank\">University of Sussex study<\/a> suggests that cats may have developed a \u2018soliciting&#8217; purr to obtain food and attention from humans, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/2014\/uncommon-knowledge-loving-pooch-tame-wolf-heart\/\" target=\"_blank\">similar to the co-evolutionary benefits shared between humans and dogs<\/a>. But there&#8217;s another reason that early humans may have made some feline friends: domestic cats purr at a frequency of 25 \u2013 100 vibrations per second, an ideal range for reducing stress, lowering blood pressure, relieving pain, and promoting healing in both bones and soft tissues. So, essentially, a purring kitty in the vicinity may have served as a form of furry first aid. Elephants, by the way, also make a low-pitched, purr-like sound to communicate, though you probably wouldn&#8217;t want one to sit on your lap.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/cat-tao-glasses-set-of-four?source=blog_UK150804\" target=\"_blank\">Cat Tao Glasses &#8211; Set of Four<\/a> | $35.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Essentially, a purring kitty in the vicinity may serve as a form of furry first aid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":38986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1208],"tags":[1043,813],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38980"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38980"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38987,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38980\/revisions\/38987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}