The cat is an incredibly clean animal. Cat mom licks her kittens immediately after birth (and remembers her children at the same time). Licking kittens, cat mom stimulates their breathing and sucking instincts. The mother's rough tongue massages the kittens' stomachs, stimulates their digestive and excretory systems.
Two-week-old kittens who still can't stand on their feet are already trying to wash and lick not only themselves, but also their siblings.
Cats lick each other using the tongue in which the rear-facing tubers are located and teeth (they remove dirt particles by themselves).
In fact, there is even a beautiful name for washing - grooming. In other words, put the coat in order by the animals themselves.
Grooming your own hair is a small manifestation of what Nico Tinbergen (ethologist, zoologist, Nobel laureate) (Tinbergen N. Animal Behavior. inappropriate activity (a behavioral complex, characterized by a clear divergence from the environment in which the activity occurs). Tinbergen and Cortland put forward a whole theory according to which, when a particular act is performed, the nervous energy is released, it follows the normal path or finds an alternative.
Cats lick if they are nervous or have had to face some sort of difficult task. During or after the conflict to calm down. Or to reassure their furry friends. If a cat or cat begins to wash during a fight - this is a sign of recognition of the defeat. That is, the grooming in the first case is individual, in the second - individual or in a group. And social grooming can only be collective.
And much more. Another cat, once washed, stimulates the glands that secrete sebum secretion. This substance protects the cat's fur from moisture. Licking, the cat spreads it all over the coat. The cat's body temperature depends on the condition of the coat. Licking, the cat places the hairs in different directions, gives access to air between the villi, thereby regulating the temperature.
and, of course, if the cat is washing, you can start preparing dinner for the guests:
if the cat is washing in the door - wait for the priest to come;
the cat washes his right ear - an unknown man will come;
if the left is an unknown woman;
a sign from Japanese merchants - if a cat passes its left paw over the ear, then buyers will certainly come;
if a cat's hind legs are warm during washing, then welcome guests will come;
if it's cold, guests will be unwanted.
the cat washes his right ear - an unknown man will come;
if the left is an unknown woman;
a sign from Japanese merchants - if a cat passes its left paw over the ear, then buyers will certainly come;
if a cat's hind legs are warm during washing, then welcome guests will come;
if it's cold, guests will be unwanted.
We wish guests, healthy animals and not very cold winters.
Good luck to everyone.
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