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A cat’s whiskers are roughly as wide as its body

A cat’s whiskers are roughly as wide as its body

A cat’s whiskers are roughly as wide as its body

Whiskers (vibrissae) fan out to about body width, turning the face into a living caliper for gaps and airflow in the dark.

Touch a tight doorway and the whiskers report before the shoulders commit. Mood can also show in how far they flare.

Navigation hardware grows from the muzzle. Night hunting runs on whisker telemetry as much as eyes.

Shahzad Mahota Shahzad Mahota @shahzad-mahota

A cat’s whiskers are roughly as wide as its body