Whisker Repair

*Note: I tried to get a picture for this post, but the subject was too interested in my phone and would not comply.

When I came back from San Francisco a week ago, I noticed that Fred (our cat) had a whisker above his left eye that was pretty bent out of whack. His whiskers get a little crazy when he sleeps on them weird, but this one seemed totally out-to-lunch. Today it’s gone. I wonder how long it’ll take to be replaced, and how it impacts the sensory information he gets from them.

Incidentally, according to the survey at theoatmeal.com, there is a 91% chance that Fred is trying to kill us. Hopefully this slows him down a bit.

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