While the Boys analyze carefully this olfactory phenomenon, a dog would have licked the spot clean in seconds. Nothing against dogs. I love ’em! But kitties are discretionary.
Yum Yum likes me to open my mouth to let her smell my breath after I’ve eaten and then she makes that face. I always thought it meant I have bad breath.
This has got to be the funniest strip out of the dailies for BCN, hands down!Had to tell my friend to put down any beverage she may have been drinking before reading today’s comic. I just love Breaking cat News. Makes me smile every day.
When my kitties do this I always think of it as the equivalent of wine-tasters making all those weird expressions to access all the “notes” in the wine.
We call that supersniff or flehmen face. It’s not limited to cats.
Opening their mouth allows the Jacobson’s (or vomeronasal) organ to receive the scent more readily, allowing them to get more scent information. You’ll see males do this to assess if a female is in estrus.
SunflowerGirl100 about 7 years ago
Always a bad sign when you hear your fur baby making strange noises.
Olive O'Sudden about 7 years ago
Hahahahaha! Synchronized flehmen response FTW!
Lizard Lass Premium Member about 7 years ago
My cat likes to smell my sock-covered feet or my empty shoes, then makes The Smell Face. Maybe I need to start wearing Odor Eaters? :)
ctlum about 7 years ago
OMC! Georgia’s depiction of the “snerk” face is classic!
Adiraiju about 7 years ago
Bring Tommy in, they could make a wonderful Barbershop quartet… XD
Ruth Brown about 7 years ago
So freaking funny. I love this strip—even though I am not a generic cat lover.
colleen_demaio Premium Member about 7 years ago
Never have I seen the Flehmen response depicted so well.
dadoctah about 7 years ago
Ah, the smell of snerk!
Sue Ellen about 7 years ago
I know that face! I’ve seen that face. I’ve just never seen it in triplicate before. That last panel would make a great “Not Welcome” mat!
Lady Bri about 7 years ago
Now, does the snerk mean it was a bad smell or a good smell? Or is the jury still out?
lopaka about 7 years ago
I have never been able to figure why they make that face. Is it a yuk or a yum?
Randy B Premium Member about 7 years ago
This reminds me of Scandinavia and the World’s “special lion”.
https://satwcomic.com/coat-of-arms-hd
https://satwcomic.com/proud-finland
Trespassers W about 7 years ago
Yay!! Today’s BCN is #1 on the GoComics Top 5 list!
Ruth Craig Premium Member about 7 years ago
Perfect!
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 7 years ago
Is it eatable?
Yogi007 about 7 years ago
This one was a real “laugh out loud” strip!! I’m so glad my co-workers aren’t in yet!! Well done, Georgia!! Well done.
LoveBritTV Premium Member about 7 years ago
Wow. Those faces! Anyone who has cats recognizes that face.
Purrfection Georgia, purrfection!
PoodleGroomer about 7 years ago
Did somebody drop the Catnip spritzer?
deojaideep aka Courage about 7 years ago
Did the toddler or baby have an “accident” on the kitchen floor?
shaunnmunn about 7 years ago
While the Boys analyze carefully this olfactory phenomenon, a dog would have licked the spot clean in seconds. Nothing against dogs. I love ’em! But kitties are discretionary.
Brein43 about 7 years ago
Flehmen ? Ha! This should forever more be known as the snerk phenomena. I also love how Puck brought in the elder statesman, Elvis, for the consult.
ladykat about 7 years ago
Yum Yum likes me to open my mouth to let her smell my breath after I’ve eaten and then she makes that face. I always thought it meant I have bad breath.
Krazgamer about 7 years ago
Wow! Not much more I can say other than I LOVE THIS COMIC!!
tracybsmith about 7 years ago
I love it when my cats “snerk”. It sounds hilarious and cracks me up every time.
fuzzybritches about 7 years ago
Now I can’t wait to see the story line Georgia has in mind . . . what caused the mysterious scent. Was it ham? Nip?
Paul Gabbard Premium Member about 7 years ago
Oh my, the best BCN ever…..well mostly ever.
Nuliajuk about 7 years ago
I will forever after know this activity as “snerking”.
laurie.lynne about 7 years ago
My husband left a pair of underwear on the floor yesterday. One of my cats started doing EXACTLY THAT! SOOO funny.
Nicki's ZoMcYo about 7 years ago
This has got to be the funniest strip out of the dailies for BCN, hands down!Had to tell my friend to put down any beverage she may have been drinking before reading today’s comic. I just love Breaking cat News. Makes me smile every day.
colleen_demaio Premium Member about 7 years ago
When my kitties do this I always think of it as the equivalent of wine-tasters making all those weird expressions to access all the “notes” in the wine.
LrdSlvrhnd about 7 years ago
Three weeks later, and this is still making me laugh no end.
Eric S about 6 years ago
This also, belongs on a tshirt!
Comiclover277 almost 5 years ago
Snerk?
FreyjaRN Premium Member over 1 year ago
We call that supersniff or flehmen face. It’s not limited to cats.
Opening their mouth allows the Jacobson’s (or vomeronasal) organ to receive the scent more readily, allowing them to get more scent information. You’ll see males do this to assess if a female is in estrus.
I love this comic!
DraconicFury 9 months ago
Snerk