Cat gross, smelly mouth-face

thelike5 · Post by **thelike5** » Fri May 16, 2008 11:40 pm

Apparently, this gross look has a name...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flehmen

Basically, whenever your cat (and I guess other animals) smell something gross, like their butt's and make that weird face it actually has a name!!

You learn something everyday I suppose... I just thought my cat was strange...

timothyallan · Post by **timothyallan** » Sat May 17, 2008 12:17 am

well i've learned something today!

DrXparaMental · Post by **DrXparaMental** » Sat May 17, 2008 1:08 am

Only on the Ableton forums! Too cool.

Thanks

madtho · Post by **madtho** » Mon May 19, 2008 1:50 am

I worked in a tiger training place for a while. The cats would lick eachother's piss and make that face.

We, the staff (there were just four of us), would imitate the face whenever someone said something objectionable. It was a small town, and we did it everywhere, to the point where folks at out local bar were doing it too.

We called it flamin'
(this was pre-internet 'flaming')

the glory of a life well-lived
-mad