Cats spend lots of time licking their fur with their scratchy tongues, but getting clean isn’t the only purpose. (Mehgan Murphy/Smithsonian Institution)If you’ve been around cats, you have probably noticed that they spend time licking their fur. But there’s more to cats’ grooming than cleaning their coats. KidsPost talked to Leigh Pitsko, who has experience not only with house cats but also with rather large cats. As assistant curator of great cats at the National Zoo, Pitsko takes care of six African lions, an Amur tiger and a Sumatran tiger.

Source: Washington Post March 26, 2018 12:00 UTC