0 Question: What are the uses of cats whiskers and why did they adapt to have them? Keywords: animal, evolution, mammal Asked by to James, Jennifer, Kim, Liam, Ricardo on 23 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
Jennifer Stephens answered on 23 Jun 2014:
Hi steviemycats A cat’s whiskers are the same width as its body so they help to judge whether a cat can get through an opening or not. If the whiskers brush up on either side the cats knows he can’t get through.
There’s more research been done on rats whiskers, watch this: http://www.sciencebuzz.org/blog/bursts/how-rats-feel-whiskers-tale
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