What scientists study is amazing. Add technology and a 3D printer and the cleaning power of a cat’s tongue becomes a viable product development opportunity.
A cleaning brush inspired by new research on the unique structure of a cat’s tongue is on the way.
Source: AAHANEWStat, November 29, 2018. Link.
Cats’ scratchy tongues enable them to keep themselves so clean. They’re covered with hundreds of sharp, tiny hooks called filiform papillae. The hooks . . . have built-in scoops that carry saliva deep into felines’ fur when they groom.
INSIGHTS: Why didn’t I think of that?