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They usually stick out to around the width of their body, and can use them to tell if they will fit through a small gap.
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Also known as "tactile hairs" or vibrissae, whiskers are the long, thick, flexible hairs on a cat's face. These hairs are located in horizontal rows on the whisker pad, the puffy area between the top corners of your cat's mouth and the outer edges of his nose. Whiskers, like hair and nails, do fall out and are replaced. But whiskers are different from the cat's body hair in a few ways: Whiskers should never be cut or trimmed (we'll discuss why later). Whiskers are two to three times thicker than the cat's hair. Whiskers are rooted very deep in the cat's face, in an area rich in nerves and blood vessels. In addition to having the long tactile hairs on their cheeks, cats also have shorter ones above their eyebrows, on their chin and on the back of their front legs. Since we are most familiar with facial whiskers, let's look at what they are good for: Navigation Mood indication Measuring an opening www.howstuffworks.com this site will tell you more
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To judge width
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They use them for both measure and feeling.
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Whiskers on a dog or cat can be likened to the antennae of an insect. Whiskers help guide the animal by transmogrifying beta waves in the air into cognitive data used in mapping the location of the animal. They also serve to receive delta waves in the reception of fear transmissions from surrounding animals. But the most important function of the whisker is to subconsciously frighten and subdue predators. Whiskers focus on specific genus' of animals, taking on the visual appearance of the predator's worst fears, emotionally injecting them with nightmares that can last up to a week. Only evolution can explain this phenomenon.
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Also if you have an iPhone, you'll be able to pull up any cat you want using your GPS! It's really cool. you will get full specs of any of your local neighborhood cats and dogs! You'll know if they've been in trouble with the law, if they are out on parole, or are wanted by any law enforcement agencys! Their whiskers are better known as GSN, Global Satalite Navigators!
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They use their whiskers to help them feel out things in the dark and other hard places to feel around.
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