PDX Pet Design Licki Your Cat Brush

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New insights into how cats clean their fur with scores of tiny scoops on their tongues could lead to better hairbrushes for both cats and humans. The cat's tongue brush head is perfect for small full coats, without leaving any lines along the outer edges of the fibre, whilst being precise and defined for petal brush strokes. LICKI is a soft silicone brush you can hold in your mouth to lick your cat -- like a mama cat grooms her kittens. Without grooming, fur can tangle, painfully tugging on a cat's skin and even potentially causing infections. It's more that the product lets you get down to your pet's level, act kind of like a cat yourself and potentially get closer to your little buddy.

Noel wanted to understand why these papillae were so good at getting knots out of fur (and blankets). National Geographic is working to avert the extinction of lions, cheetahs, and other big cats with the Big Cats Initiative, a comprehensive program that supports innovative projects. The scientists found that papillae are shaped like scoops, which help them quickly absorb saliva through capillary action, the same effect that helps draw water up trees. Take for instance this cat brush that you hold in your mouth and use it by fake licking your cat with each stroke of the giant tongue brush sticking out of your mouth. Round tip brush with dark red-violet synthetic fibre, long handle in earth-red lacquered wood and gold tip, with a nickel-plated brass ferrule.The cat brush is shaped like a giant tongue that you simply need to put inside your mouth, and…you can lick-brush your cat. Cats have been around us for centuries, but nobody’s ever thought to look that closely before,” she says. If the item comes direct from a manufacturer, it may be delivered in non-retail packaging, such as a plain or unprinted box or plastic bag.

The spines on their tongues are curved and hollow-tipped, according to a paper published today in the journal PNAS.These findings inspired the scientists to create the tongue-inspired grooming (TIGR) brush -- a 3D-printed silicone rubber mimic of a cat tongue.

The TIGR is the perfect example of bio-inspired design, says Megan Schuknecht, Director of Design Challenges at the Biomimicry Institute in Missoula, Montana.Studded with small, curved flexible spines just like those on a cat’s tongue, the TIGR prototype readily removes loose hair or fur from humans and felines alike but can be cleaned with the simple swipe of a finger. Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable).