THE BEAUTIFUL PAST OF CATS
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Our cats, if pampered and caressed, delight us with their purr. But what are purrs technically?
They are tremors regulated with extreme precision. They are created by rapid and regular nerve impulses, sent from the central nervous system to the muscles of the diaphragm and vocal cords. The muscles are stimulated alternately from twenty to thirty pulses per second.
Purring is typical in the physical relationship between mother and puppies. In fact, the newborn kittens and the mother cat purr while breastfeeding.
Cats purr in courtship, during a friendly approach to another cat, or in order to be accepted by a dominant animal. Cats purr even when they are afraid.
Our house cats are generous to purr with us, because they implement all the instinctive social behaviors of children and mothers.
Not only cats purr! Even animals such as cheetah, lynx and puma are able to do them with the only difference that they can only emit them during exhalation, while cats are able to do them continuously by breathing with their mouth closed.
Many studies are focusing on the therapeutic effect that purring would have on the organism of the feline that produces them but also on that of animals in its presence: first of all, humans.
Pampering a cat and listening to its purr is very pleasant and relaxing and irresistible. But what are the beneficial effects of these gentle vibrations produced by our cats on the human body?
LET'S SEE ALL THE BENEFITS TOGETHER:
The cat's purr reduces stress and anxiety. They relax the nerves and release the tension built up in the muscles.
In addition, those who are lucky enough to live with a cat, reduce the risk of suffering a serious heart disease such as heart attack by 40%, since they purr with their calming, relaxing power and regularize the heartbeat and help hypertensive subjects. to maintain blood pressure within normal reference values.
Living with a cat can help people achieve better physical and psychological well-being. Precisely for this reason that cats are among the favorite animals used for pet therapy, even if in my opinion, being the cat a free animal, I would leave it free from per-therapy.
That said, happy purring everyone !!!