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How many muscles are in cat ear?

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12y ago

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Thirty-two individual muscles in each ear allow for a manner of directional hearing: a cat can move each ear independently of the other. Because of this mobility, a cat can move its body in one direction and point its ears in another direction. Most cats have straight ears pointing upward. Unlike dogs, flap-eared breeds are extremely rare. (Scottish Folds are one such exceptional genetic mutation.) When angry or frightened, a cat will lay back its ears, to accompany the growling or hissing sounds it makes. Cats also turn their ears back when they are playing, or to listen to a sound coming from behind them. The angle of a cat's ears is an important clue to their mood.

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32 muscles.
30 muscles in each ear so 60 all together

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A domestic housecat usually has 31 muscles in each ear.

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Surprisingly, more than humans, who have 206. Cats, though, have 230. A large part of them is the ears, which have 32 in each.

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32 in each. Or 30 depending on the cat.

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32

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32 muscles

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