whisk you were here

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

15 November 2013 - Have you noticed that we can wiggle our whiskers?  Well, that might be a stretch, but we are able to move them... and should they be pulled back along our cheeks, we are NOT in a good mood...so you've been warned.  Also called vibrissae, whiskers are so sensitive that even passing air currents are detected.  We have about twenty-four of them on our body, but the most prominent ones of course are around the mouth and above the eyes.  They are quite different from ordinary hairs, more than twice as thick and embedded in our skin three times deeper, with numerous nerve endings at their base.  Besides giving us information as to objects' proximity, whisker sensations also automatically trigger blinking to protect our eyes from damage.  Very cool and very distinguished, wouldn't you agree?

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

If only the world were sensible....

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

feline of the day - Winnie, the Indiana cat who in 2007 sensed carbon monoxide and woke up the other house residents