Sentences with phrase «of scent glands»

Since most cats love having their faces rubbed at the corners of the mouth (because of the scent glands there), gently rubbing there is usually a good place to start.

The face (cheek, forehead, chin) and paws have important scent glands, and of course urine or spray marking contains pheromones — cats use all of these scent glands to mark their turf and communicate with other cats.

Hamsters rarely get infections or tumors of their scent glands.

Ferrets are usually descented in North America, which involved removal of the scent glands.

The routine removal of scent glands, which is most commonly done in North America, is now being questioned since the musky odor of ferrets is not due to the scent glands and discharge of their scent glands is not a big problem.

are naturally smelly because of their scent gland so do not think they require constant grooming.

Not exact matches

Just opening up the package one can get a woosh of the Sriracha, and mixed with the scent of marinated beef, it sends a pulse into the saliva glands, intensifying the anticipation.

She and her colleagues wondered whether the bears deposit their scent through glands on their paws as a means of communication.

Sergiel's team examined a pair of brown bears and determined that the animals» paws contain sweat glands, suggesting that the prints leave behind a scent.

a) The Eye in your Thigh: a patch of skin cells on the leg that can distinguish between bright and dark conditions, perhaps to help regulate the body clock b) The Ear in your Rear: nerves in the buttocks attuned to infrasound vibrations of between 10 and 25 hertz, perhaps to warn of approaching predators or thunderstorms c) The Nose in your Toes: scent - detecting sebaceous glands on the feet whose purpose is unclear d) The Tongue in your Lung: taste - bud - like receptors that detect bitter substances and dilate or restrict the airways accordingly

The best - known, most distinctive, and often most notorious feature of the skunks is the great development of their anal scent glands, which they can use as a defensive weapon.

«Our findings for the first time uncover key roles of olfactory communication in a primate species not possessing distinct scent glands and thus may help to shed light into the evolution of primate olfactory communication,» says Henkel.

The male panda moseyed across a bigger range than any of the females, leading researchers to speculate that he spent time checking in on the surrounding females and advertising his presence with scent marking — rubbing stinky glands against trees.

If you're a dwarf mongoose, you do a handstand to raise your rear as high as possible, then smear your anal scent glands on a bit of vegetation.

Once you hit puberty, your apocrine glands will start making apocrine sweat, which carries a strong, unpleasant scent and is actually a sign of healthy testosterone production.

Rabbits have scent glands located on the underside of their chins and often rub their chins against objects to mark their territory.

Scent glands are found particularly on the sides of the head, around the front paws and on the tail.

What Puss is actually doing is marking you as a member of her family with the use of pheromones that are released from her scent glands.

Dogs lick their noses so that the olfactory glands on the roof of their mouths can sample the scent chemicals that are trapped in the mucus it secretes.

Your cat has scent glands in her feet, so scratching is a way of scent marking.

Hamsters have scent glands (which other hamsters can smell) but the exact location varies depending on the species of hamster.

In addition, cats just innately scratch things — not just to be mean, points out Cornell University, or destructive, but as a grooming behavior (to remove loose bits of nail) and to mark territory (via scent glands on their feet).

The scent glands between a cat's eyes, on top of his head between his ears, and on his chin and upper lip deliver the feline equivalent of text messages: «This is mine,» «I like it here» or «I'm angry.»

Similar to most of its mustelid family members, ferrets have scent glands near their anus.

Cats also have scent glands all over their body, quite a few of them on the head: the forehead, cheeks, chin and lips.

Cats scratch for many reasons: to remove the dead outer layer of their claws, to mark their territory by leaving both a visual mark and a scent (they have scent glands on their paws), and to stretch their bodies and flex their feet and claws.

Cats scratch to «mark» their territory by leaving behind visual markers as well as scent markers from small glands in the pads of their feet.

On top of all of that, cats have scent glands in their paws that they use to mark their territory, so kneading you is another way of marking you as belonging to them.

Their scent glands similar to that of a skunk, and they will release (not spray) the contents if threatened.

Scent and sweat glands in between the pads of the feet mix to produce a unique smell.

Did you know that Cats have scent glands along their tail, their forehead, lips, chin, and the underside of their front paws

Anal glands are not a necessary part of the modern dog's anatomy, but they do act as scent glands, similar to that of a skunk.

She can still leave her mark behind by rubbing the sides of her face (which also have scent glands) on the furniture.

Every time he potties or meets another dog and raises his tail in greeting the pressure releases a little of his own personal scent from the glands.

These glands normally release a small amount of a foul - smelling scent marking fluid every time your pet defecates.

Anal glands are sometimes referred to as «scent glands» and are at least partially responsible for that oh - so - attractive habit of butt - sniffing.

When you cat scratch objects, they often do so to become sovereigns of that object and give information such as gender to other cats through the pheromones that are spread through their paws from their scent gland which is found between your cat's toes.

In all species, the male scent glands tend to be larger than those of the female.

Cats have scent glands concentrated on certain parts of their bodies, including their cheeks and heads.

Cats mark their territory with scent glands in various areas of the body, including the face, head, and tail.

They are similar to the scent glands of a skunk; however, they're smaller and don't serve much purpose anymore — except to gross out cat owners.

The maggots can very quickly eat away large areas of tissue around the bottom, tail, scent glands, belly and back, and affected rabbits are quite literally «eaten alive».

When cats meet, they sniff each other's faces — sniffing the scent glands around the lips to determine the identity of the other cat and whether it is a family member or not.

Cats have scent glands on the chin, lips (in the corners), temples and at the base of the tail.

Females have a higher chance of living together than males because males have scent glands used for marking territory.

One of the main reasons why adult cats scratch on things is to mark their territory, which gives a visual notification that something is theirs, as well as leaves their scent (cats have scent glands in the pads of their paws).

Scratching is one way of marking territory (there are scent glands among the paw pads), so declawed cats will still «scratch» things even though there are no claws to sharpen.

It is a human - created chemical copycat (no pun intended) of the pheromones that your cat deposits when they rub their scent glands on objects (or even on you).

Cats have scent glands in the pads on the bottoms of their paws.

Anal glands are two primitive scent glands situated on either side of the anus — not visible from outside.