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Adult domestic cats meow mainly to communicate with humans rather than with other cats.
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Is it true that adult domestic cats meow mainly to communicate with humans rather than with other cats?
Yes. A reference source and a reference compilation state that adult cats rarely meow at each other and that meowing is a post-domestication vocalization directed almost exclusively at humans; two peer-reviewed reviews support meowing as mainly human-directed but do not directly contrast it with cat-to-cat meowing.
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Cat communication - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_communication
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What’s in a Meow? A Study on Human Classification and Interpretation of Domestic Cat Vocalizations. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10122390
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Landry, M. S. (2026). The Complete Map of Cat Meow Meanings. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21906453
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C, T., S, A., KA, H., & SC, Y. (2020). Feline vocal communication.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.4142/jvs.2020.21.e18
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