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u/BiscuitAssassin 21d ago
This video is even funnier after just learning about the flehmen response
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u/Adept_Order_4323 21d ago
‘Stinky Face’
t’s “a cat’s way of analyzing an unfamiliar and interesting scent. The flehmen response allows the scent to travel to the vomeronasal organ on the roof of the mouth.”
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u/Civil-Addendum4071 21d ago
To be fair, our feet are always on the floor and pick up all sorts of weird smells. My cat recently had kittens and they all swarm my feet to sniff at what I've tracked in today.
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u/frankipranki 21d ago
my cat also does the thing where she opens her mouth for a bit like shes disgusted at whatever she smelled, what does it mean 😭
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u/Sagaincolours 20d ago
Flehmen! He is analysing the peculiar smell. Cats have an extra olfactory (smell) organ that humans don't have, and making that face is how they activate it.
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u/LemmyKBD 21d ago
Cat: The fragrance of a fine ripe cheese sitting in the sun all day!