Why Do Cats Purr?
7. Healing Bones
A broken bone can be very painful for any animal to experience. Broken bones also mean that infections and other unwelcome medical conditions are more likely, so it is important that they are healed as quickly as possible. Of course, the immune system will get to work at healing broken bones right away, but cats have another trick up their sleeves.
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Studies have shown that cats may be able to accelerate the healing of broken bones by purring. The vibrations and sound waves of the purring can resonate through the body and possibly stimulate the immune system into getting the job done faster.
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