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    Cats have highly mobile ears that can each rotate 180 degrees independently, allowing them to pinpoint the source of sounds. They use their ear positioning to communicate emotions like stress. Cats can hear higher and lower frequencies than humans or dogs due to their excellent hearing. Their ears have pockets and fur tufts inside and all kittens are born deaf with sealed ear canals and eyes.

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    Cats have highly mobile ears that can each rotate 180 degrees independently, allowing them to pinpoint the source of sounds. They use their ear positioning to communicate emotions like stress. Cats can hear higher and lower frequencies than humans or dogs due to their excellent hearing. Their ears have pockets and fur tufts inside and all kittens are born deaf with sealed ear canals and eyes.

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    Cats have highly mobile ears that can each rotate 180 degrees independently, allowing them to pinpoint the source of sounds. They use their ear positioning to communicate emotions like stress. Cats can hear higher and lower frequencies than humans or dogs due to their excellent hearing. Their ears have pockets and fur tufts inside and all kittens are born deaf with sealed ear canals and eyes.

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    5

    1. Each
    32 muscles
    facts cat ears
    about…
    ear contains

    Cats can rotate each of their


    2. They use their ears
    to communicate
    ears 180 degrees and move The position of a cat’s ears can tell
    them independently from you a lot about what they’re feeling.
    each other, to help them For example, flattened ears indicate
    work out which that they are stressed or scared.
    direction a sound
    is coming from.

    3. Cats have
    excellent hearing
    Cats can hear higher and lower frequencies
    than humans and dogs can, which helps
    them detect even the smallest of prey.

    4. Cats’ ears have pockets


    and furnishings
    The small folds of skin found inside cats’
    ears are called ‘Henry’s pockets’, while the
    tufts of fur inside their ears are called ‘ear
    furnishings’.

    5. All cats are


    born deaf
    Kittens are born with their ear
    canals and eyes sealed, meaning
    they’re deaf and blind, but they
    open by the time they’re a few
    weeks old.

    The Cat summer 2020 | 39

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