Cats meow more at owners who are men than women, new research has found, possibly because men tend to be more aloof when it comes to giving their pets attention.

Led by a team from Ankara University in Türkiye , the research is based on video footage captured by 31 cat owners. Each participant recorded the reactions of their feline friends as they returned home, under instructions to act as normally as possible.

According to reporting from , male owners got an average of 4.3 vocalizations (meows, purrs, or chirps) during the first 100 seconds of getting through the door, compared to an average of 1.8 vocalizations for female owners. That's a substantial difference – and it wasn't affected by the cat's age, sex, or breed.

"Our results showed that cats vocalized more frequently tow

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