#flehmen response

[theoreocat]

The very first time you realize stinky feet run in your family. 🦶💨

[animalphotorefs]

Photo of the Day: Malayan tiger says stinky.

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[tigerleopardlion]

Bengal Tiger | belairbirder

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

Okay, so, you know how cats make those absolutely silly stink faces when they’re smelling something? (It’s called a flehmen response, and they do it to to pull air into the sensory receptors for a specialized organ that’s above the roof of their mouth). Most of the good photos of it online are of lions or tigers or domestic cats, right?

Not anymore! I am super excited to be able to show you you the first photos I’ve ever seen of snow leopards doing a flehmen response. They are stinking cute. Taken by a friend and shared with permission, this is Blizzard, his son Coconut, and their stink faces.

Blizzard:

Coconut:

I just can’t even.

Photo credits: M. Owyang

[zadaruon]

Dorimon sniffed the damp socks.

Flehmen response

[seabeck]

Guess why he made this face

[king-the-pathetic]

Jester agreed before King's bath that he was stinky

[timberdoodled]

Dragon sketch 2 - Completed 1/12/2025

wanted to play with dragon behaviors. flehmen response… must smell something!

Image Description - A dragon. Its head is leaned forwards - lips pulled up to reveal teeth, nostrils angled up, snout wrinkled, and face tensed in order to take in a deeper breath. It resembles the flehmen response of a horse or cat. It has three horns, with spines down the neck. It is a sketch done in pencil.