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This is new and fun! Former Amazon engineer, Javier Sanchez, who previously worked on Amazon's Alexa has now unveiled his latest project and it's all about cats! An app that translates your cat's meows -- MeowTalk. 

You'll be able to decipher your cat's meow based on tone, everything from "I'm hungry" to even "I'm in pain." 

Javier Sanchez who was working with Bellevue-based tech company Akvelon developed this app named MeowTalk. Sanchez tells King 5, "It's not a language. They don't share words or communicate with each other. Cats never meow at each other out in nature."

So, what was the inspiration being this app? Sanchez reveals he was initially intrigued by the NPR series, "The Secret Language of Cats," and thanks to previously working on Alexa, he was motivated to develop this new tool for cats. According to Sanchez and his team, there are about "nine intents that all cats have." 

The ultimate goal for this app is to someday become a collar with a voice response. While testing a prototype of this collar, Sanchez holds his own kitten and when the cat let out a meow, it translated to "I'm angry, leave me alone!"

Sounds pretty accurate to us! While the development of this app is still underway we definitely look forward to this fun, and perhaps knowledgeable, app! 

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When you have poor social skills but try to make friends anyway. This cockatoo just wants to fit into the cool cat crew that he's living with! Not only does the cockatoo meow at the cats, when one cat got too close, you can also hear the bird hiss at it. True feline language has been mastered by this smart birdie! If those cats were confused as to why this other weird-looking "cat" was meowing at them, that hiss would've solidified him being one of them. 

Good job, Sir Cockatoo, we are thoroughly impressed by your dedication to infiltrate the feline crew. 

It's all cute and fun until that parakeet learns how to order seeds! This is Kiwi, the parakeet, who has activated Siri on an iPhone and actually engages in a full conversation with Siri! 

We're impressed. Not even humans can engage in a full conversation with Siri! Birds are interesting creatures. They're intelligent, they can talk (well, some can), and they make the absolute best memes! Lots of love and appreciation for Kiwi and all the birds out there! Except for seagulls, as usual. 

Cats are already cute enough but a munchkin cat? Oh man, it's just cuteness to the 2nd power.

And a talkative munchkin kitten? Our hearts just exploded and proceeded to melt all over the floor. When you think of toughness, it's tough to enough a munchkin kitten. However, this lil kitkat has something to say and something to say now! We're trying our best to decode the meows and figure out what it's trying to tell us. 

Our number one theory is that it's saying, "I'm tiny and frustrated!" Which is true and would make sense. What do you think this kitten is saying? Wrong answers only. 

A classic and one of our all-time favorite cat videos of all time. 

53 seconds of two lovely kitties, Stina and Mossy, are having a full conversation with one another. What's a better 23 seconds spent than that? Nothing. The answer is nothing. 

So... what do you think they're saying?

An adorable and well-spoken parrot named Einstien wants to go into the kitchen to get some food. He also expresses his wants to go and get dressed, and requests a "sweet po," which is an abbreviation he uses for sweet potato. Then you can hear him imitate the sound of water before flying into the kitchen and when landing on the counter he says, "Sorry! Hi sweet, let's go!"

You can follow this beautiful and intelligent parrot on Instagram for more silly antics! 

Wow! This is incredible!

This is something we see from parrots all the time, but a raven? We've never seen a talking raven before.... and we're a mix of pure amazement and curiosity. Ravens are famously very smart creatures and this just takes it to another level. 

Just amazing. 

According to the YouTube description, Fable talking isn't something new, "Most evenings, once the yard goes quiet, Fable likes to sit and chat to herself. It's her own quiet time to try out her words, play around with the intonation, and try new sounds out.  I really struggle to film her doing this as I can't leave a camera in the aviary or she will destroy it, and if I make it too obvious she will get suspicious and not chat. So I had a bit of a play with the camera and set it up where I know she prefers to sit, but out of reach! The video is hit and miss as she can go where she likes, but you can hear the audio clear as a bell."

Fable really is adorable, she's talking to herself the way a human child would. 

Robin Seplut and all cat lovers: "cute cat is saying something to me."

"This human is saying something to me." - cat, probably.

This adorable talkative cat seemingly has something important to share with us all -- so listen up! 

A big thank you to Robin Seplut for feeding all the stray and feral cats on the street! A little goes a long way.