Actually, that may not be a face of disgust. That cat is inducing the scent into their mucus ducts behind their 2 large top canines. They channel up into the nose, and unlike humans and dogs, cats are scentblind to anything airborn, and need to encorporate the chemicals into a fluid. It takes them a second of "mouth breathing" after smelling a thing to trigger the scent response in their brain. I had a cat that made the most disgusted face whenever we gave her wet food, but then she always burried her snout straight to the bottom of the tin.
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GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 25 pts · 2y
Actually, that may not be a face of disgust. That cat is inducing the scent into their mucus ducts behind their 2 large top canines. They channel up into the nose, and unlike humans and dogs, cats are scentblind to anything airborn, and need to encorporate the chemicals into a fluid. It takes them a second of "mouth breathing" after smelling a thing to trigger the scent response in their brain. I had a cat that made the most disgusted face whenever we gave her wet food, but then she always burried her snout straight to the bottom of the tin.
flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
Wow, that's amazing!
linuxgator@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
That's the face I'd make if someone shoved a spoon of Greek yogurt in my face too.