Nowadays, more and more people are raising cats, but not all cat owners know the little secrets about cats.
Cats have many interesting habits and mysterious places. Sometimes when we look at a cute kitten, we can’t help but do something for it. What exactly do we do? Trim his nails, comb his hair, trim his eyebrows and beard.
It sounds very pleasant, but do you know? Cat’s whiskers can’t be cut casually! Although in our opinion, a cat’s whiskers are of no use. But for cats, this is a very important organ!
When I was a child, I heard my grandparents say that if a cat’s beard is cut off, it will not be able to catch mice.
Could a cat’s whiskers have this effect? If you don’t have a beard, you can’t catch mice. Is it so awesome?
Of course! A cat’s whiskers are actually a type of hairs on the cat’s body.
What exactly do vibrissae do?
Feathers can help cats better contact and understand the external environment. The roots of a cat’s tentacle hairs are connected to many nerve fibers, especially the cat’s whiskers. The roots of the whiskers penetrate deep into the skin and are then connected to a “sensory organ”. When the beard senses the external environment and comes into contact with external information, it will be transmitted to the brain, and the brain will issue commands for the body to respond.
In addition to whiskers, the eyebrows on the cat’s eyes, the fluff in the ear sockets, and the fine hairs in the gaps between the foot pads are all vibrators.
For newborn kittens, the purpose of whiskers is very simple, it is to help them identify the direction and find their mother’s position to feed. When they grow older and open their eyes, they will be very curious about the outside world. So it will climb out of the cat’s nest and explore the outside world. At this time, the whiskers become the cat’s “ruler”, and they will rely on the whiskers to pass through the gaps to protect the body from harm.
It is well known that cats can see at night because long ago, cats relied on their keen sense of smell to hunt prey at night. You need to rely on the beards on both sides of your mouth to find your way. Their whiskers basically correspond to the width of the body. The width of the whiskers is similar to the width of the cat’s body. In this way, when the cat is hunting or passing through a small space, it only needs to test the width with the whiskers. Once you feel how wide the beard feels, you will know whether you can pass it or not. The flexible sense of touch can not only be used to explore paths, but also maintain the body’s balance during high-speed movements.
Beards can also express emotions! It’s like a mood barometer. Under normal circumstances, when cats are relaxed, their whiskers are naturally placed loosely on both sides of the mouth; when they are nervous, excited, or alert, their whiskers are all facing the front; whiskers facing backward means that they are unhappy. Or be careful, I’ll hit you!
So fellow cat owners, when raising cats, don’t cut off their whiskers easily, otherwise they will become a “waste cat”!
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