Did you know the whiskers of a cat help a cat navigate?  The ends of the wiskers are approximately the same size of the cat’s body.  Cat’s use their whiskers to determine whether or not their body will fit in or through an opening.  There may be other uses for whisker as well which are still being discovered.  So, it’s important you do not cut your cat’s whiskers.

 The tail also helps a cat navagate.  The tail helps the cat maintain balance and without a tail the cat would loose a great deal of it’s ability to pounce so precisely on prey.  It always amazes me how so many parts of an animal (ourselves include) have dual functions.