Can collecting purr sounds help explain why my cat purrs?

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I'm not sure if this is the right community to ask this, but I have a question about the science behind cat's purring. From what I understand, the reason cat's purr is not fully understood. Various theories range from bone healing to mind control, and seem dubious. Nevertheless, this is a phenomena that should have a sound explanation. My question is this: do you see a way that collecting a large sample size of purr recordings could help answer this question in any way? Pet's info: Cat | Siamese | Male | neutered | 6 lbs

Sara Farmer, DVM · Accepted Answer

What an interesting question! I think more research should absolutely be done to figure out why (and even how, because that is also not 100% clear) cats purr, however I don’t know that simply collecting recordings would help. You need to come up with your hypothesis before determining your data collection methods for an experiment.

Can collecting purr sounds help explain why my cat purrs?

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