dogs : a healthy animal will have a slightly cool nose. In both animals the nose is a kind of external thermometer. If your cat’s nose feels...
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Nose leather
Cats are almost entirely covered with hair . One of the few bare areas is the end of the nose, which is known as the leather. Kept damp by s...
True and false vocalists
Both you and your cat possess a larynx, also known as the voice box, at the opening to the windpipe. Vocal chords, made up of cartilage, pro...
Global position systems
Automobile makers tout their sophisticated global positioning systems (GPS) in vehicles, but GPS is nothing new in nature. For centuries bir...
It means “many fingered”
Key West , Florida , are literally collectors’ items, fetching high prices. The scientific term for the condition of having extra toes or fing...
Toe-walking
fancy scientific terms: digitigrade describes animals that walk on their toes, while plantigrade refers to those that walk on the whole foot...
The no-slip grip
Cats, like humans, have sebaceous glands in their skin that secrete sebum, a fatty substance that gives hair its sheen and also provides a w...
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