#zookeepers

A #lion at the Houston Zoo shows off his incredible #canines and rough tongue after sniffing something stinky the #zookeepers scattered around his habitat. This funny face is called a #flehmenresponse - it allows #cats to pull air (and the funky smells it carries) to a specialized organ at the roof of their mouth. While normally a behavior used to detect chemical stimuli, all species of cats will happily use this adaptation to investigate all sorts of interesting scents. #bigcat #bigcats #lions #catbehavior #catbiology #wildcats #zooanimals (at Houston Zoo)
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Researchers and zookeepers sometimes mix glitter with animal feed to track animals (polar bears; elephants; domestic cats) via sparkly feces.