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Does everybody hear the hissing(*) in the background?

Oh! it's miningspec ... We had a 4 day break and I was already enjoying the thread, again, without negative tones...

(*) If your cat is hissing, he may be frightened, and is speaking up to defend himself against whatever is causing his fear. A hissing cat does sound like a snake. Some experts in feline behavior believe that cats actually developed this habit by imitating snakes. Mimicking another species is a survival tactic among animals. A snake's deadly, distinctive noise gets hair-raising notice from most species, from humans to horses and everything in between. In borrowing from the snake's vocal repertoire, cats send signals of their own mixed emotions. (www.animalplanet.com)