Puas muaj dab tsi zoo dua li hnov koj tus miv purr li koj ob leeg nyob ib puag ncig? Tej zaum tsis yog! Purring yog ib qho kev ntxhov siab zoo rau ob qho tib si peb thiab peb cov feline nyiam.
Koj puas tau xav tias puas muaj lwm yam tsiaj uas ua rau lub suab nrov zoo nkauj? Nws hloov tawm muaj ob peb lwm yam tsiaj uas purr los yog ua suab uas suab zoo li purring! Tsis yog qhov xav tsis thoob, qee cov tsiaj no yog cov tsiaj qus loj, tab sis lwm tus yuav yog tsiaj uas koj tsis xav tau (raccoons¹, piv txwv).
Puas hma liab? Cov lus teb yog yog-tsim ntawm. Hma liab yeej ua suab nrov (nrog rau siv ntau lub suab sib txuas lus), tab sis nws tsis yog qhov tseeb purr zoo li miv. Txawm hais tias lawv suab zoo ib yam, qhov tseeb purring yog ib yam dab tsi tsuas yog cov tswv cuab ntawm tsev neeg feline¹ ua, thiab hma liab yog ib feem ntawm Canidae ¹ tsev neeg.
Foxes yog cov neeg hais lus zoo heev thiab yog cov muaj txiaj ntsig ntawm kev sib txuas lus. Tab sis thaum twg lawv siv lub suab purring, thiab nws txhais li cas thaum lawv ua? Thiab lwm tus hma liab sib txuas lus li cas?
Thaum twg thiab Vim Li Cas Foxes Purr?
Foxes ua suab nrov zoo ib yam li miv. Feem ntau, koj yuav hnov hma liab ua lub suab no thaum nws so (txawm hais tias tus tsiaj no lub purring tsis nrov li ib tug feline, yog li koj yuav tsum tau nyob ze rau hnov nws). Hmab purring kuj qhia tau tias muaj kev txaus siab thiab kev nyab xeeb, yog li lawv purr thaum lawv cuddly.
Mama hma hma yuav purr ntawm lawv cov menyuam thaum cuddling los yog pub mis thiab tej zaum yuav purr kom soothe lawv. Lwm qhov piv txwv uas niam hma hma yuav ua suab nrov yog hu cov menyuam yaus noj lossis txawm cem lawv. Lub suab tshwj xeeb¹ no muaj qhov hnoos thiab qw nrov nrov (qee zaum hu ua "churr" es tsis yog "purr").
Dab tsi lwm yam suab hu ua Foxes ua?
Ib qhov kev tshawb fawb ntxov tshaj plaws ntawm hma liab vocalizations-ua nyob rau hauv 1963 los ntawm Gunter Tembrock¹, German ethologist-documented 28 hom kev hu siv los ntawm hma liab. Cov kev hu no txawv ntawm kev txais tos hu mus rau lub tswb nrov thiab ntau dua. Tom qab ntawd, xyoo 1993, Nick Newton-Fisher thiab cov npoj yaig tau xa ib daim ntawv mus rau phau ntawv Journal Bioacoustics ¹. Daim ntawv no tau tshuaj xyuas ib tus tswv tsev ntawm hma liab vocalizations thiab txheeb xyuas 20 hom kev hu (yim uas tau siv nruj me ntsis los ntawm cov menyuam). Thaum kawg, ib tsab xov xwm hauv qhov teeb meem ntawm BBC Wildlife Magazine ¹ sau los ntawm Stephen Harris hauv 2004 tau hais tias muaj ntau dua 20 hom hu. Yog li, tag nrho, hma yuav muaj 20-28 txoj hauv kev sib txuas lus.
Cov suab nkauj no muaj li cas? Raws li kev tshawb fawb, cov menyuam yaus pib lub neej ua lub suab nrov uas hloov mus ua suab nrov nrov thaum muaj hnub nyoog 3 lub lis piam. Qhov no yog siv los saib xyuas lossis yog tias tus menyuam poob thiab xav nrhiav. Ib tug me nyuam uas kho siab yuav ua ib yam ntawm warbling suab rau garner mloog. Thaum muaj hnub nyoog 4 lub lis piam, cov menyuam yaus yuav ua rau muaj kev tiv thaiv kab mob (qhov no yuav tom qab hloov mus rau hauv tus neeg laus hma liab gekkering). Thiab thaum muaj hnub nyoog 19 lub lis piam, cov menyuam yaus yuav loj hlob tuaj rau hauv kev siv cov tawv ntoo los sib txuas lus (txawm hais tias tus menyuam yaus ntawm barking).
Tsuas yog cov purrs mama hma yuav ua rau cov menyuam yaus, yuav ua li cas lwm tus hma liab hais lus? Feem ntau, koj yuav hnov cov tawv nqaij uas suab zoo siab; zoo li no yog siv los hu rau ib leeg mus ntev. Tom qab ntawd muaj ib tug bark uas suab zoo li tus hma liab hais tias "wow-wow-wow," siv los ua tswv cuab ntawm ib thaj chaw. Tseem muaj lwm version ntawm "wow-wow-wow" uas yog pitched qis thiab warbler; nws yog siv los muab rau lwm tus kom pom tseeb tag nrho.
Ib txhia lwm txoj kev hma liab sib txuas lus muaj xws li whimpering-yap lossis whimpering-growl los tos txais ib leeg thiab ceeb toom bars. Tom qab ntawd muaj qhov gekkering uas peb tau hais ua ntej. Dab tsi yog gekkering¹? Qhov no suab zoo li kev sib tham thiab yog lub suab nrov uas koj yuav hnov thaum cov neeg laus hma liab sib ntaus.
Conclusion
Foxes sib txuas lus nrog ntau txoj hauv kev hais lus. Thaum cov tswv cuab ntawm tsev neeg feline yog tib cov tsiaj uas raug cai purr, tus hma liab yeej ua suab nrov uas zoo sib xws thiab raug xa mus rau purring lossis churring. Nws tsis zoo li koj yuav tau hnov hloov ua lub suab nrov, txawm li cas los xij, vim nws nyob ntsiag to ntau dua li miv, thiab koj yuav tsum tau nyob ze rau lawv kom hnov nws (uas yog qhov tsis pom zoo!). Koj tuaj yeem hnov ib qho ntawm ntau lub suab hma liab, txawm li cas los xij, tshwj xeeb yog tias koj nyob hauv thaj chaw nyob deb nroog ntau dua.