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INTRO----- HI GUYS I’M ALEX FARNHAM AND THIS IS ANIMALIST

NEWS. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT CATS TEND TO GREET

EACH OTHER WITH A NOSE BUMP, BUT WHY IS THAT? I MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT, PUTTING YOUR FACE

IN SOMEONE ELSE’S PERSONAL BUBBLE MAKES YOU PRETTY VULNERABLE TO BEING ATTACKED!

BUT FOR CATS, IT’S A SIGN OF FRIENDSHIP AND TRUST.

DURING A NOSE BUMP, CATS CAN IDENTIFY EACH OTHER WHILE ALSO USING FACIAL SCENT GLANDS

ON THE LIPS, CHIN, AND CHEEKS, TO SPREAD THEIR OWN FRAGRANCE.

EACH CAT HAS A UNIQUE SCENT SIGNATURE THAT CAN TELL OTHERS WHAT GROUP THEY BELONG TO

AND WHERE THEY’VE BEEN. WHILE WASHING ITSELF, A CAT TRANSFERS THIS

SCENT FROM IT’S MOUTH GLANDS TO IT’S FUR SO THAT IT CAN BE SPREAD TO OBJECTS, OR IN

SOME CASES PEOPLE. IF A CAT NOTICES OTHER CATS WITH UNFAMILIAR

SCENTS, IT WILL MARK IT’S TERRITORY ON THEM BY RUBBING ITS FACE ON THEIR HEAD DURING THE

NOSE BUMP. SINCE SMELL IS A CAT’S STRONGEST SENSE,

IT’S UNDERSTANDABLE WHY IT’S ALSO THEIR FIRST FORM OF COMMUNICATION.

NOSE BUMPS START WHEN THEY ARE TEENY, TINY KITTENS WHO, DESPITE BEING BLIND AND DEAF,

HAVE FULLY DEVELOPED SENSES OF TOUCH AND SMELL. WITH THESE BASIC SENSES, KITTENS LEAVE THEIR

SCENT ON THEIR MOTHER WHEN NURSING AND RETURN TO THE SAME SPOT EACH FEEDING TIME

THE MOTHER CAT LEARNS TO IDENTIFY EACH KITTEN BASED ON THEIR SMELL AND HER OWN SCENT ON

THEM. IF YOU COULD MAKE YOUR CAT SMELL LIKE ANYTHING,

WHAT WOULD IT BE? LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS BELOW.

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