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RE: Day Four ~ Seven Day B&W Challenge ~ Original Photography ~
Cats have 32 muscles that control the outer ear (compared to human's 6 muscles each). A cat can rotate its ears independently 180 degrees, and can turn in the direction of sound 10 times faster than those of the best watchdog.
My Grandfather could control and move each of his ears whenever he wanted to, so he must have had more than 6 muscles in each ear. He would do it whenever he came to visit. We kids thought this was really neato.
And though he could move them independently, he certainly couldn't get them to go 180 degrees in different directions, at any speed. So that is something.
Not sure how he would compare to a watchdog in ear movements, but I DO know he taught our dog Smokey to go down the stairs by doing it himself on all fours. So that is something too...
Purring does not always indicate that a cat is happy. Cats will also purr loudly when they are distressed or in pain.
Cats dislike citrus scent.