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April 3, 2006 2 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm Why do cats purr? Getty Images Join Our Community of Science Lovers! Sign Up for Our Free Daily Newsletter Enter your email I agree my information will be processed in accordance with the Scientific American and Springer Nature Limited Privacy Policy . We leverage third party services to both verify and deliver email. By providing your email address, you also consent to having the email address shared with third parties for those purposes. Sign Up Leslie A. Lyons, an assistant professor at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University o

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