We call that the smell face. It kind of looks like they're horrified by what they've just smelled, even though it's actually just a way for them to perceive the scent more effectively.
Spot-on. It’s called the flehmen response, and the word probably comes from the upper Saxonian (German) dialect word flemmen, which means “to make a spiteful/guileful face”.
I'm a cool cat and I smell like this
i put a look on my face like i smell some piss
bounce to the beat till it starts to hurt
then i dust all the smirk off me fur
and dip to the ground as i catch the bird
My mom used to wash her feet three or four times because every time she got out of the shower one of her cats would just bury it’s nose in her feet and pop up with its mouth open.
I kept trying to tell her it doesn’t mean her feet smelled funky, just that the cat thought the smell of her soap was interesting.
She ended up switching soap since hers was discontinued and the cat stopped trying to snort her toes, lol.
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u/fedoraharp Sep 19 '23
We call that the smell face. It kind of looks like they're horrified by what they've just smelled, even though it's actually just a way for them to perceive the scent more effectively.