Ever wondered what a cat’s tongue looks like under a microscope? Neither have we, until we came across a widely shared social media post of a magnified cat’s tongue that looks like, well, a bunch of little tongues all sewn together. Noel looked at the papillae, or fine structures on the surface of a cat’s tongue, under a microscope. “A Cat’s Tongue under a Microscope Looks like It’s Made of Other Smaller Tongues.” R/Damnthatsinteresting, 1 May 2019, www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/bjlygm/a_cats_tongue_under_a_microscope_looks_like_its/. “Print of Cat Tongue Surface, SEM.” Science Photo Library Photo Prints, https://sciencephoto.printstoreonline.com/specialist-imaging/cat-tongue-surface-sem-6462625.html.

Source: New York Times April 01, 2022 20:22 UTC