Interesting facts How does your cat rate food? Cats have about 60 million olfactory cells. Just to compare, humans have only 5-10 million. This shows that even the most acute sense of smell in humans cannot match exceptional abilities of cats. Their sense of smell is present from birth but it’s fully developed by the time they are 3 weeks old. Using the sense of smell, the cat recognizes the terrain or potential hazards. Smell is also decisive in the evaluation of the food. Cats determine the attractiveness of food on the basis of their smell. Taste, on the other hand, is evaluated only at a later stage. It’s worth noting that cat has only 500 taste buds, while humans have as much as 9000.
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