Do lions purr?
It is debated. If they do, the purr of lions still sounds different from the purr of domestic cats.
The noise lions make that some consider to be purring sounds like a cough or growl. They usually make this noise when they are in together with other lions, and when they communicate with kittens.
What is purring?
This is disputed, too. Some think purring is the noise made by the vibration of a flexible bone, called a hyloid bone, located within the necks of cats. Others think false vocal chords, located just behind cats’ actual vocal chords, create the sound. Lions and most big cats have hyloid bones slightly different from those possessed by small cats–those of big cats are less flexible. This is why some people think that lions and other big cats are not able to purr.
Do Lions Purr?
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