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DID YOU KNOW?Cats have around 200million scent receptors.People have about 5million.ANIMALSsomanyfacts.com

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Cats have around 200 million scent receptors. People have about 5 million.

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Cats also have a second scent organ in the roof of the mouth, the vomeronasal organ, which is why they sometimes open their mouths to sniff.

Source: Cat senses (Wikipedia)

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