# Do you think this video is real (cat related)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-this-video-is-real-cat-related/586779>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 25, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-this-video-is-real-cat-related/586779 "2011-06-25T00:08:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-this-video-is-real-cat-related/586779/21 "2011-06-26T16:31:57Z")

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> [@chorpler](#):
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> What? It looks to me like its mouth moves every time there’s a meow or bark, at least when its mouth is visible. What time in the video are you saying its mouth isn’t moving?

At 0:08 through 0:09. Just before the cat turns around. You can see the cat’s chin is not moving. After the cat turns, it then make two sounds like “Oh-oh” and then it meows. So it sort of sounds like it was imitating the dog, but cats don’t generally do impressions.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-this-video-is-real-cat-related/586779/22 "2011-06-26T18:13:52Z")

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I think it’s real, but I’m guessing that the cat wasn’t deliberately trying to imitate a dog bark. It’s making that noise for its own reasons, and it’s coincidence that it happens to sound sort of like a dog.

On the other hand, I have seen dogs who purred, and who almost certainly learned it from cats. And I’ve also seen dogs who attempted to speak Human, though generally not with very good results. But of course, dogs are more social than cats.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-this-video-is-real-cat-related/586779/23 "2011-06-26T18:39:28Z")

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> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#):
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> At 0:08 through 0:09. Just before the cat turns around. You can see the cat’s chin is not moving. After the cat turns, it then make two sounds like “Oh-oh” and then it meows. So it sort of sounds like it was imitating the dog, but cats don’t generally do impressions.

Looks like it’s moving to me, although the quality of the video leaves much to be desired. Seems rather coincidental that the “dog” would stop barking at exactly the same time the cat starts meowing. Also note that the sound the cat makes transitions from a full-on “bark” to a half-bark/half-meow, to a regular cat meow. No way this is a fake.

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