Baritone kitty

[denbot]

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. How is that even possible?

They're little animals with little vocal cords; my cat's meow is normally around E-flat above C above middle C . This guy sounds like he could sing in the Russian Army Chorus.

[dweller]

2. lol

when he grows up... you know that sound cats make when they're really pissed usually during a cat fight? that yowling growl that's almost like they are really getting ready to cuss you out?

he'll send large dogs packing ...

[Leghorn21]

3. This fella would freak me tf out if I didn't know a cat could talk like this!!!

Which I didn’t until this moment!!

I wonder if he was born this way or experienced a strange vocal injury...my old boy Bill had a weird event of some sort in his throat that caused him to have to open his mouth when he purred (wtf??) - vet perplexed as well...eventually he didn’t open his mouth to purr, BUT, his once ginormously loud purr was henceforth dulled to a barely audible one...

Anyway, cats are weird people!!

Thanks for posting, denbot

[TexasBushwhacker]

4. The description on the video

says he had a rare form of laryngeal paralysis and his voice changed after surgery. Crazy

[DarthDem]

7. Aw, Glad He's Okay

Cute kitty. I love the deep meow!

[pansypoo53219]

5. my basil had a deeper voice than his larger brother, who sounded like his sister.

started almost like my cosmo. who did not meow, he just whispered mea.bet cosmo & thi scat had damage to their vocal cords.

[Dennis Donovan]

6. Okay, someone PLEASE let James Earl Jones out of the cat suit?

[3catwoman3]

9. Perfect comparison!

James Earl Jones has one of the best voices EVER. Same with Dennis Haysbert, who does the
Allstate commercials.

[Dennis Donovan]

10. I just checked snopes...

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cat-unusually-deep-voice/

False.

[JudyM]

12. Thanks for checking.

[3catwoman3]

8. How fascinating and funny.

The biggest of our 3 cats, a black and brown tabby guy who weighs in a 15 pounds (not fat, just a big dude), has the wimpier little meow that doen’t suit him at all. Jack’s basso profundo would be perfect on big old Winston.

[Dennis Donovan]

11. I love this thread so much, and the deep voiced kitty...

...that I hate to be the one with the Snopes link: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cat-unusually-deep-voice/

[3catwoman3]

13. Well, bummer. It sucked me right in.

Still funny.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. It couldn't possibly have been real. A cat's vocal apparatus isn't large enough

to create such a low pitch that's not a growl. I am (obviously) much larger than a cat and I can't pitch my voice that low. It's like a string on a guitar or a cello; the pitch is based on the length of the string, which dictates the wavelength when it vibrates.