Its the all-natural cat shampoo we used on him when we took him in. That stuff really lingers!
You know, last time I checked, I don't think anyone knows how cats purr. As I currently have said cat purring on my lap, I won't actually go through the trouble of trying to find the textbook of which I am thinking, but the author of said textbook postulated that it had to do with air flow.
The book itself was about fluid dynamics in nature - i.e. the adaptations of biology (leaf shapes, arteries, body shape) to deal with fluid forces (movement of air and water). I think my favorite memory of that book was the description of experiments on flea body shape... the researchers used spring guns to literally shoot the fleas into the air. Go figure.
I don't know how a cat purrs but believe I know why they do. A friend from Bulgaria told me a bit of folklore about cats, they say that when a cat lays on a certain part of a human's body they are trying to heal it. A few months later I read a story online that researchers found out that a cat's purr is close to the sound frequency as the vibrational therapy used to heal broken bones. They theorize that when a cat purrs it is actually healing the small bone fractures it gets when it pounces and jumps throughout the day. Those same frequencies are good for healing tendons, muscles, swellings, and a few other conditions.
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