The clip, which now has over 4.1 million views on X, formerly known as Twitter, showed how a cat's tongue is covered in backwards facing spines, also called papillae.

Georgia Institute of Technology. One day, research engineer Alexis Noel’s cat, Murphy, was blithely licking away—as cats do—when he got his tongue stuck on a microfiber blanket.

Cats tend to do strange things and one of them is sticking out their tongues. As a cat owner, you may have witnessed this ...

Peter Carlos, a Florida veterinary technician revealed an up-close look at a cat's tongue, that has many people terrified. In the 12-second clip, posted on Carlos' Instagram account, he films a ...

First, CT scans of cats’ tongues showed they’re not covered in solid cones but in claw-shaped hooks. They lie flat and rear-facing, out of the way until, with a twitch of the tongue muscle ...

Cats also stick their tongue out because they’re curious — it allows them to “taste” their environment. "Cats use all senses to explore the world, including taste," Amy Shojai, ...

Otis the 8-month-old cat, with dwarfism, showing his tongue sticking out. Kate, 20, explained that Otis's gums "began growing over his teeth," alongside a lot of bleeding and intense pain.

1. Relaxation This is one of the common reasons that a cat might stick its tongue out. Sometimes, when your cat is relaxed or resting, it can cause their body and its muscles, especially the jaw ...