Sorry, should have made that an independent comment, not really an answer to anything in this thread. Just a pet theory brought to mind by all this talk of peacocks and signalling. Cats threaten each other with a toneless sound of rushing air, and and are afraid of high-powered mechanical devices that produce a version of the same effect.
Sorry, should have made that an independent comment, not really an answer to anything in this thread. Just a pet theory brought to mind by all this talk of peacocks and signalling. Cats threaten each other with a toneless sound of rushing air, and and are afraid of high-powered mechanical devices that produce a version of the same effect.