- Cats are tactile, even sensual animals, and their entire body and coat are an invitation to touch them.
- From birth, the tactile communication of kittens will develop, as they play with their mother’s teat to stimulate the onset of milk.
- Whiskers also play a very important role in a cat’s perception of the world. They give them information on the environment when they are in direct contact with an object or another living being, and they also react to the vibrations in the air.
- Cats also have vibrissae, which are long hairs similar to the whiskers, on the inside of the front paws, a reminder of the time when they were climbers.
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