How much do you know about the little secrets of cat noses?
The wet little nose of a cat is one of the cutest parts on their body, and many cat lovers can't help but want to kiss it. But have you ever looked closely at their noses?
1. Unique nose lines
The fingerprints of our human fingers are unique, and the nose prints of cats are their IDs. There are no two cats with the same nose prints in the world. This may be the way cats identify each other.
The editor has an idea, if there are many cats in your family, and you don’t know who did it, can you check their nose lines? Nose prints are the small seals of cats, and they must be protected.
2. The nose color is consistent with the body hair color
Research shows that black cats have black noses, white cats have pink noses, orange cats have orange noses, and gray cats have gray noses... If there is a small tabby cat at home, it must also have a pink nose. Some cats have lovely freckles on their noses. There is a saying that cats with dark coats have a more developed sense of smell than cats with lighter coats, because animals recognize smells through a part of the brain called the olfactory lobe, and the darker the color of the olfactory lobe, the more developed the sense of smell. The olfactory lobe of dogs is strong brown, cats are between brown and yellow, and humans are somewhat whitish.
3. Sensitive sense of smell
The olfactory cells that perceive odor are distributed in the olfactory epithelium. The larger the area of the olfactory epithelium, the more olfactory fibers and olfactory nerves, and the more sensitive the sense of smell. The olfactory epithelium of humans is 2-4c㎡, and that of cats is 20c㎡. In the small nostrils, the olfactory epithelium is rolled up in layers like paper. By smelling the urine or scent glands of the same species, they can judge whether the other party is male or female, whether they are in heat, whether they have smelled this smell before, etc.
4. Smell determines hunger
Compared with humans, cats have few taste receptors on their tongues, so smells stimulate their hunger more than tastes, rather than the tastes we usually think the tongue can taste.
When cats have a respiratory infection or a stuffy nose, they stop eating because they can't smell the food and feel less hungry.
5. Take your temperature with your nose
The cat's nose not only has a keen sense of smell, but also senses temperature. Even if the temperature change is only 0.2°C, the cat can clearly feel it. Therefore, cats test the temperature of food by their noses, not their tongues. If they sense with their nose that the food is too hot, they won't eat unless they are really hungry! Have parents found that sometimes the boiled or brewed food prepared for cats will go away after smelling it? This may not be dislike, but too hot to eat, so when preparing food for cats Be careful.
6. Say hello with your nose
When two cats meet for the first time, they will carefully sniff each other and get acquainted with each other by touching noses. This is how they greet each other in the cat world, just like our handshake. Cats also use their noses to show kindness to their owners. For example, after you get off work, cats always surround you and sniff you, just like checking the post, to see if you have "stealed cats" outside with it behind your back. Cats approach each other with their noses to show that they have a good relationship, so when cats nuzzle you, it is a sign that they trust you very much.
7. The reason for licking noses is still a mystery
Some people say that cats lick their noses to "restart" their sense of smell. When licking their noses, their tongues will completely remove various residues (such as pollen and dust) from their noses to reacquire and analyze the complex smells around them. Others believe that cats licking their noses are a sign that they are nervous or stressed, and have nothing to do with smell.
Use the sense of smell to perceive the owner's physical condition. Owners of cats at home will find that when they are pregnant, the cat will become very gentle, and prefer to stick to you, and like to lie on your stomach with its head. This is because the body produces a lot of hormones after pregnancy, which cats can smell.
8. The nose is a healthy reflection area
If the cat’s nose is moist and the color is normal, it means that the cat is very healthy; if the cat’s nose is dry and the color is whitish, it means that the cat may suffer from certain diseases. Early detection and early treatment. The cat's nose will also be dry when it is sleeping. Don't worry about it, it will become moist again soon after waking up.
In fact, cats didn't like to get along with people before. Anthropologist Louis Leakey once mentioned in his theory that humans originally had body odor that made cats difficult to approach. It was not until the ancient Egyptian era that humans improved body odor through aroma and essential oils that cats began to change. Gotta get close to humans. Can it be understood that if you want cats to get close to you, please pay attention to personal hygiene and keep them fragrant at all times.
1. Unique nose lines
The fingerprints of our human fingers are unique, and the nose prints of cats are their IDs. There are no two cats with the same nose prints in the world. This may be the way cats identify each other.
The editor has an idea, if there are many cats in your family, and you don’t know who did it, can you check their nose lines? Nose prints are the small seals of cats, and they must be protected.
2. The nose color is consistent with the body hair color
Research shows that black cats have black noses, white cats have pink noses, orange cats have orange noses, and gray cats have gray noses... If there is a small tabby cat at home, it must also have a pink nose. Some cats have lovely freckles on their noses. There is a saying that cats with dark coats have a more developed sense of smell than cats with lighter coats, because animals recognize smells through a part of the brain called the olfactory lobe, and the darker the color of the olfactory lobe, the more developed the sense of smell. The olfactory lobe of dogs is strong brown, cats are between brown and yellow, and humans are somewhat whitish.
3. Sensitive sense of smell
The olfactory cells that perceive odor are distributed in the olfactory epithelium. The larger the area of the olfactory epithelium, the more olfactory fibers and olfactory nerves, and the more sensitive the sense of smell. The olfactory epithelium of humans is 2-4c㎡, and that of cats is 20c㎡. In the small nostrils, the olfactory epithelium is rolled up in layers like paper. By smelling the urine or scent glands of the same species, they can judge whether the other party is male or female, whether they are in heat, whether they have smelled this smell before, etc.
4. Smell determines hunger
Compared with humans, cats have few taste receptors on their tongues, so smells stimulate their hunger more than tastes, rather than the tastes we usually think the tongue can taste.
When cats have a respiratory infection or a stuffy nose, they stop eating because they can't smell the food and feel less hungry.
5. Take your temperature with your nose
The cat's nose not only has a keen sense of smell, but also senses temperature. Even if the temperature change is only 0.2°C, the cat can clearly feel it. Therefore, cats test the temperature of food by their noses, not their tongues. If they sense with their nose that the food is too hot, they won't eat unless they are really hungry! Have parents found that sometimes the boiled or brewed food prepared for cats will go away after smelling it? This may not be dislike, but too hot to eat, so when preparing food for cats Be careful.
6. Say hello with your nose
When two cats meet for the first time, they will carefully sniff each other and get acquainted with each other by touching noses. This is how they greet each other in the cat world, just like our handshake. Cats also use their noses to show kindness to their owners. For example, after you get off work, cats always surround you and sniff you, just like checking the post, to see if you have "stealed cats" outside with it behind your back. Cats approach each other with their noses to show that they have a good relationship, so when cats nuzzle you, it is a sign that they trust you very much.
7. The reason for licking noses is still a mystery
Some people say that cats lick their noses to "restart" their sense of smell. When licking their noses, their tongues will completely remove various residues (such as pollen and dust) from their noses to reacquire and analyze the complex smells around them. Others believe that cats licking their noses are a sign that they are nervous or stressed, and have nothing to do with smell.
Use the sense of smell to perceive the owner's physical condition. Owners of cats at home will find that when they are pregnant, the cat will become very gentle, and prefer to stick to you, and like to lie on your stomach with its head. This is because the body produces a lot of hormones after pregnancy, which cats can smell.
8. The nose is a healthy reflection area
If the cat’s nose is moist and the color is normal, it means that the cat is very healthy; if the cat’s nose is dry and the color is whitish, it means that the cat may suffer from certain diseases. Early detection and early treatment. The cat's nose will also be dry when it is sleeping. Don't worry about it, it will become moist again soon after waking up.
In fact, cats didn't like to get along with people before. Anthropologist Louis Leakey once mentioned in his theory that humans originally had body odor that made cats difficult to approach. It was not until the ancient Egyptian era that humans improved body odor through aroma and essential oils that cats began to change. Gotta get close to humans. Can it be understood that if you want cats to get close to you, please pay attention to personal hygiene and keep them fragrant at all times.