Chest appendices

country expression. Well, most male mammals (including humans) have teats, and they are all useless. A male cat has five or six pairs and th...

Fat acceptance vs. averages

Maine Coons can be even larger, averaging nine to twenty-two pounds—again, many of them lean toward the heavier end. The “generic” American...

Three types of hair

Whether short or long, a cat’s coat, or fur, is of great appeal to humans, especially those of us who like to touch. Nature made cats toucha...

The cold nose test

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...

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...