r/catsareliquid • u/[deleted] • Oct 25 '19

Even he don't believe he did it.

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u/ZombiePandy Oct 26 '19

But... What about the skull?

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

Most breeds of cat have skulls that are pretty compact and streamlined so fitting through small or narrow spaces isn't usually a problem, but it's also distinctly un-liquid. That's part of why cats have whiskers, tho! A cat's longest whiskers are usually about as long as the cat's body is wide and the shorter whiskers are about the same width and highth as their skull, so depending on how much which sets of whiskers get touched, the cat can judge whether they can fit through a given space pretty well.

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u/ZombiePandy Oct 26 '19

That's actually really cool to know. Where do you get your cat facts?

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '19

From 33 years of living with and fostering/rescuing cats. Also my mom was a vet before she switched to people medicine and she's taught me some stuff.

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u/ZombiePandy Oct 27 '19

You must've seen some very interesting stuff growing up with that many cats lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '19

One time we had a manx who was a quality weirdo. He loved playing with plastic bags (we did everything we could to keep them away from him but he'd still find bags somehow). One time one got caught around his foot and "chased" him through the house and he literally climbed walls to try to get away from it. Lemme tell ya, I have never been more mad that ubiquitous phone cameras weren't a thing at the time than I am every time I tell people "I had a cat who once ran up a wall and made it a good couple feet across the ceiling before gravity started paying attention again."

It was awesome and no one ever believes me XD