The front of a cat's tongue is like a coarse file, which can help the cat remove the meat from the bones of its prey. The whole esophageal wall of a cat has muscles that are conducive to nausea, and it is easy to spit out redundant or inappropriate food. Unfortunately, when the cat ate the fish, it got stuck in the fishbone. It will spit out the food in its stomach and let the fishbone out.

Why are cats not afraid of being stung when eating fish?

The front of a cat's tongue is like a rough file, which consists of thousands of small protrusions that are recessed backwards, that is, the tongue nipple. Nipples are actually made up of nail-like substances. This substance itself has no taste function. It can help cats remove meat from the bones of their prey. In this case, cats are generally less likely to eat fishbones.

In addition, the esophageal structure of cats is different from that of humans. The whole esophageal wall of a cat has muscles that are conducive to nausea, so that it can easily spit out excess or inappropriate food. It is in this convenient way that cats spit out some indigestible prey. Sometimes cats bring back food to feed their young cats in this way. On the contrary, there is no such muscle in the upper esophagus, so it is not easy to vomit at will.

Cats are actually afraid of fishbones. First of all, when a cat eats fish, the barb on its tongue will help the cat lick the fish, and cats generally don't eat fishbones; And if it is a little soft, it may not get stuck in your throat-just like people sometimes get stuck when eating fishbone, but not every time. If you pay attention, you will find that if you are unfortunately stuck, the cat will spit out the food in its stomach until the fishbone is taken out. When eating fish, most people have a habit: they must clean the bones and bones. On the one hand, I am afraid of stabbing my throat, on the other hand, I seem to realize that it is useless. If you have a cat at home, fishbones will become cat food; Those who don't own cats can only throw them away as garbage.

However, what I want to tell you is that the thrown fishbone is not only edible, but also beneficial to our health.

As the saying goes, you can make up what you eat. In fact, it makes sense. Fish bones are similar in composition to human bones. Fish bones contain a series of substances needed by human skeleton metabolism, such as protein, calcium, phosphorus and other trace elements, which are rich in content. Eating regularly can prevent osteoporosis, which is very beneficial to teenagers in the growing period and middle-aged and elderly people whose bones are beginning to age. Moreover, after proper softening treatment, the nutrients of fish bones have become water-soluble substances, which are easily absorbed by the human body.