perfect pitch in animals

Ken Jankura kenrpt@cvn.net
Fri, 11 May 2001 00:19:22 -0400


We had a cat named Caprice who would meow close to A4. That was his normal
note, apparently. If one played A4 on the piano repeatedly, he would
actually raise or lower his pitch until it matched. Way cool stupid pet
trick! The current cat, Otto, is up around B5 and could care less.
Ken Jankura

> Today something interesting happened at my first tuning of the day...

> Anyone ever run across this phenomenon of an animal seemingly having the
> ability to recognize pitch?  (Or do you think this was this just a
> coincidence?)
>
> Tom S.
> Chicago PTG Associate
>




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