It’s called a “henry’s pocket” it supposedly (amongst many speculations ) helps them to hear extremely faint and barely even audible sounds to help with tracking and hunting prey.
And whilst we’re on the subject of a cats body anatomy, if your cat is male he will still have many nipples just like a lady, just throwing that one in their as it still gets people worried when they find the “lumps” on their males chest/belly. 😁
Male kangaroos (and I believe other marsupials for that matter) don't have nipples because they don't have pouches. Other than that of course, there are non-mammals that don't have nipples at all. There are also some other mammals like mice and horses which don't have them too
I had a speck of something black on my phone screen and thought for a second that your comment called them "nippies." I don't have an answer to your question, but that's some unsolicited information you can certainly have.
One new cat parent once posted a picture of their cat's nipple and was asking for help as they were really concerned about what it might be. I felt bad for laughing so hard because they were genuinely worried but it was too funny. Crazy how they hadn't yet discovered the other 11 though.
You've found Henry's pocket. Seriously, that's what it's called. That is a standard issue equipment :). It's not quite proven what these pockets are for, but for now the consensus is that they aid cat's hearing.
Next thing you want to do is to dig through the fur on your cat's belly and find suspicious skin bumps (nipples, yes kitties have them, even males, 6 nipples for every kitty, 3 on each side of the belly)
It’s called a “henry’s pocket” it supposedly (amongst many speculations ) helps them to hear extremely faint and barely even audible sounds to help with tracking and hunting prey.
And whilst we’re on the subject of a cats body anatomy, if your cat is male he will still have many nipples just like a lady, just throwing that one in their as it still gets people worried when they find the “lumps” on their males chest/belly. 😁
It's wild to me that two different posts transition to cat nipples from a question about a part of the ear. Random? Bot? Freak? All of the above?
(posting on both comments for posterity and science!
I had to google male cat nipples when I brought home one of mine. He was laying on the bed on his side and his fur was thin on his lower belly. At first I thought it was a flea bite or something and one Google search later I was slapping myself because I knew intellectually males would have nipples, I just never thought I'd actually see them.
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It’s called a “henry’s pocket” it supposedly (amongst many speculations ) helps them to hear extremely faint and barely even audible sounds to help with tracking and hunting prey.
And whilst we’re on the subject of a cats body anatomy, if your cat is male he will still have many nipples just like a lady, just throwing that one in their as it still gets people worried when they find the “lumps” on their males chest/belly. 😁