Smokey, the loudest cat in the world.
Smokey the cat is an unusual critter. The 12-year-old rescue cat was adopted from a local animal shelter by Ruth Adams for her 10-year-old daughter Amy, but that’s not why she’s remarkable. Smokey the cat is unusual because of how she purrs. The Adams household in Pitsford, Northampton, is crowded with both pets and people (Ruth, Mark, and Amy are the people, and they have three total cats and two dogs), but Smokey is the most noteworthy because she’s the loudest. Smokey the cat purrs with the same decibel level as a hairdryer!
“It’s either adorable or annoying, depending on what mood you’re in. You don’t even have to stroke her to start a purring session – often she’ll do it for no reason. It can be annoying if her loud purring starts as you are watching television and it has reached a romantic bit in a film, because it’s impossible to hear and spoils the moment,” says Smokey’s owner, Ruth Adams. “It’s not just the volume of her purr which is unusual – she makes quite a unique sound, as if she has a dove stuck in her throat. My daughter thinks it is adorable.”
Most cats, including the other two cats in the Adams home, purr at 25 decibels. Smokey’s average purr is 80 decibels, with her highest recorded sound hitting 92 decibels, which is equivalent to the roar of a dryer. Smokey has been submitted into the Guinness World Records; the loudest human scream on record is only 129 decibels.
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