Life for pet owners would be a lot easier if our animals could speak, but one cat has gone a step further and learned how to play the piano to communicate his needs. Watch him go:
Granted, it sounds more like a protest than a request for food, but little Winslow still gets his point across clearly.
In the video, you can see him pressing the piano keys for attention when his owner asks him the stupid question: “Is it dinner time?” I think you can actually see him sigh and roll his eyes, before answering, “Yes.”
To the untrained ear, it may sound like a simple meow, but any cat expert will tell you he is talking.
His owner ignores Winslow’s request for tea, and when she asks f
or it a few more times, the seven-year-old cat decides that this stupid human is too much for him. He presses the buttons again and again until he gets what he has asked for – classic cat behavior.
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He can even let his owner, Kate Nyx, know when he needs litter tray changing, and then no doubt watches over her while she does his dirty work.
Winslow learned to play the piano to counteract some bad behavior. Kate, 29, from Philadelphia, said: “He used to run around screaming all the time and I was like, ‘this is no good’.
“The piano is another way of communicating, so he’s not screaming bloody m-u.rder.”
Kate and her husband adopted Winslow when he was just eight weeks old after finding him fighting with a dog in his cousin’s backyard.
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Kate, a musician, bought the piano on eBay while she was in high school.
She added: “He became interested in the piano when he was a baby, playing the notes and looking underneath to find out where they came from.”
She helped Winslow use his interest in piano to express himself and encouraged him to start playing piano when it was food time.
She explained: “It became some kind of hunting reward because he can’t do much in the apartment.
“He tends to only play it when we’re in the kitchen and he knows he can possibly get a snack.”
Food isn’t the only thing Winslow will play for.
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Kate said: “He uses the piano in general to express himself, to get attention, to get his litter scooped.
“It’s usually his alarm system.
“He learned that I encourage moving his paws up and down on the keyboard so he does it when he really wants something.”
Winslow released a single called “Bean Gotta Scream”, which was released to streaming platforms on August 7.
It features Winslow in all his screaming, piano-playing goodness.
Kate said: “He was a rambunctious kitten and he’s transformed into a chaotic gentleman.”