A cat’s visible nose (which, by the way, is unique to each kitty with its own pattern of ridges and bumps) detects regular smells in the environment, such as food aromas.

Each Cat’s Nose Is One-of-a-Kind. Credit: Canva. Just like fingerprints in humans, a cat’s nose has a unique pattern of ridges and bumps. This “nose print” could, in theory, ...

Domestic cat nose functions as a highly efficient coiled parallel gas chromatograph. PLOS Computational Biology, 2023; 19 (6): e1011119 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011119; ...