New Delhi: Men don’t always listen the first time, and even cats have learned to change their meowing accordingly, says a new study. Published in the journal Ethology , it states that cats meow more frequently when greeting male caregivers. The researchers hypothesise that men “require more explicit vocalisations to notice and respond to the needs of their cats.”

Scientists, led by Yasemin Salgirli Demirbas from Ankara University, carried out the study in Turkey with 31 volunteers, who identified themselves as their cats’ primary caregivers. They wore a camera and recorded the first five minutes of their interaction with their cat after returning home, while behaving as naturally as possible. The researchers then analysed the first 100 seconds of footage from

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