Papillae have tiny keratin protein spines that transfer large amounts of saliva from mouth to fur, explains National Geographic. Keratin is the same material that is made of cat’s claws and ...

Mauren Kennedy She told Newsweek: "My roommate reached out and asked if I wanted a cat 'with a weird jaw ... sometimes get negative comments like 'mouth breather,' 'ugly,' and we even have ...

So why do cats really make this weird "stink face ... The cat instinctively opens its mouth slightly, lips curled back, displaying a behavior called the "Flehmen response." ...

There's a reason why the internet loves watching cat videos: they do some pretty weird (and very hilarious ... It's when cats go to sniff something with their mouth open, sometimes their lips ...

Your usually very lucid cat is suddenly staring at you, mouth agape for around 30 seconds before they seem to break out of this weird glitch and go back to being their furry little selves.