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by ceejayoz 1735 days ago
> Lions purr, after all.

They do not, actually. Incapable of it; cheetahs are the only big cats that can do it.

https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/1995/Questio...

> Purring ability, rather than size or behavior, is one of two chief distinctions between the two main genera of cat, Felis and Panthera.

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Huh, TIL.