A discovery about kittens that bite.

> For those of you who have a kitten, you may have noticed that when
> they are teething, they enjoy chewing on you. They'll bite mercilessly
> at your ankles, fingers, and sometimes, even your face. I am pleased
> to report that I accidentally found a way to stop the biting. If I
> sing to the kitty without words, in a reasonably high pitch, the
> kitten calms down and purrs. I cannot determine why reacting this way
> would be selectively advantageous to kittens. It could be that they
> have been domesticated long enough that a selective sweep has favored
> kitties that calm down to human singing.
>