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An illustration of two people being frightened by a cat, c. 1808 Ailurophobia (/ aɪ ˌ l ʊər ə ˈ f oʊ b i ə /) [1] is the persistent and excessive fear of cats. [2] Like other specific phobias, the exact cause of ailurophobia is unknown, and potential treatment generally involves therapy.
Nyan Cat – A YouTube video of an animated flying cat, set to an Utau song. [75] A group of Polandball characters. Polandball (more commonly known as Countryballs) – A user-generated Internet meme which originated on the /int/ board of German imageboard Krautchan.net in the latter half of 2009. The meme is manifested in a large number of ...
Theory three: Cats associate the places they eat with safety and security.That's according to Pam Johnson-Bennett, author of "Think Like a Cat." She told National Geographic that ruining this sort ...
No cat can both purr and roar. The subdivision of the Felidae into "purring cats" ( Felinae ) on one hand and "roaring cats" ( Pantherinae ) on the other goes back to Owen [ 11 ] and was definitively introduced by Pocock, [ 12 ] based on whether the hyoid bone of the larynx is incompletely ("roarers") or completely ("purrers") ossified .
The Wilhelm scream is an iconic stock sound effect that has been used in countless films, TV series, and other media, first originating from the 1951 film Distant Drums. The scream is usually used in many scenarios when someone is shot, falls from a great height, or is thrown from an explosion.
The harmonic scream is the scream that is still very clear and has a defined pitch and that, according to Green, can actually be related to a fake scream; as it has no great disturbance, the lyrical scream that is related to words, most of the time swearing and the pure scream or the true scream, that in this case can also be called as the real ...
Dog noise phobia, along with dog noise anxiety, are terms sometimes used by dog owners and veterinarians to describe canine fear of, and the corresponding stress responses to, loud noises. Noise-related phobia are common in dogs, and may be triggered by fireworks, thunderstorms, gunshots, and even bird noises.