Flexible whiskers

head . The long upper-lip whiskers are called mystacials, and the muscles under them can move the bottom and top rows of hairs independent...

Whiskers first

kitten is born, her eyes are shut and her ears are practically deaf at first, so the fully functional whiskers are one of the chief sources...

Alas, they’re called “canines”

We’re referring to the most noticeable teeth in the cat’s mouth—the “fangs,” two on the top, two on the bottom. Biologists referred to these...

First the baby teeth

between her fourth and sixth weeks. These are shed around the sixteenth week and replaced by the adult teeth, which are all in place by sev...

No sweet tooth here

The cat tongue, like the human tongue, can taste four general categories: saltiness, sweetness, sourness and bitterness. Cats’ favorite tast...

Grate tongue

pink tongue could feel so abrasive, like a pliant file on the skin. Under a microscope, the tongue’s surface is far from flat, but has “bar...

Do the external ears really help?

hearing . Do the external ears really help that much, or is their sensitive hearing all a matter of internal sensors? As with human ears, ...