they aid in grooming, as their backward arrangement acts like a comb while the cat licks its fur. Internet users expressed their discomfort with the peculiar look of the cat's tongue. "This looks ...

Sometimes when a cat is grooming itself, it may become so relaxed that it falls asleep while its tongue is still out. Not only is this normal but also very adorable. Small Mouth ...

“In a single grooming sweep,” the researchers wrote, a cat’s tongue moves in four directions, helping untangle knots and realign individual hairs as it moves across its coat. “When the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. For cats, grooming by licking each other is an integral part of social bonding. As much as some cat owners might want to take part of that ritual, they won't be ...

They're also powerful grooming tools. Cat tongues are embedded with tiny, hard spines called papillae. As your cat's tongue sweeps across their coat, these hook-shaped spines catch onto strands of ...