猫のゴロゴロ音は痛い時や不安な時にも出る/enのソースを表示

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{{豆知識
|番号=0050
|投稿者=まめち編集部
|本文=Cats purr not only when content but sometimes also when in pain or stressed, such as at the vet or when badly injured.
|なぜ=Why cats purr when distressed is not known. One hypothesis is that it helps them calm themselves.
|ジャンル=動物・植物
|ファクト度=B
|ファクト度の根拠=Purring when distressed is confirmed in a conference abstract (primary) and expert explanations (secondary), but the "why" cannot be supported, so B
|ネタ度=A
|ネタ度の根拠=An exception to the belief that purring always means happiness
|便利度=B
|便利度の根拠=A reminder not to miss illness just because a cat is purring
|検証ステータス=根拠あり
|根拠1URL=https://www.cats.org.uk/help-and-advice/cat-behaviour/cat-body-language
|根拠1要約=Explanation by Cats Protection, a UK cat charity. Cats sometimes purr in stressful situations such as going to the vet, and when in pain
|根拠1格付け=二次
|根拠2URL=https://api.crossref.org/works/10.1121/1.4777098
|根拠2要約=von Muggenthaler (2001, conference abstract, Acoustical Society of America). Cats purr when severely injured or frightened; all 44 felids recorded produced strong frequencies between 25 and 150 Hz
|根拠2格付け=一次
|根拠3URL=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37794583/
|根拠3要約=Abstract of Herbst et al. (2023, Current Biology). Larynges removed from eight cats oscillated at typical purring rates without nerve or muscle input
|根拠3格付け=一次
|補足=The idea that low purring frequencies help bones heal comes from a 2001 conference abstract that only noted matching frequencies; no experiment has shown cat bones healing faster (possibly a myth). Research suggests that tissue pads in the vocal folds, as well as throat muscles, are involved in producing the sound. English Wikipedia's "Purr" also notes purring in pain.
|検証日時=2026-10-30
|検証方式=AI＋人
|本家既出チェック=本家に既出
|本家の該当ページ=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purr
|派生元=猫がおなかを見せて転がっても触ってほしいとは限らない
}}