{"id":611006,"date":"2025-10-23T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/?p=611006"},"modified":"2025-10-22T10:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:31:11","slug":"how-do-cats-keep-themselves-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/all\/how-do-cats-keep-themselves-clean\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do Cats Keep Themselves Clean?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>We all know that cats aren\u2019t a fan of water, so how do they keep themselves clean? The secret lies in their tongues! A cat\u2019s tongue is covered in tiny, sharp cones called papillae that work like a natural comb, helping them groom deep into their fur and keep their skin healthy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"459\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/actlikeananimalhabit-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-606008\" style=\"width:434px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/actlikeananimalhabit-1.jpg 459w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/actlikeananimalhabit-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/actlikeananimalhabit-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Take a cat bath!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cats don\u2019t need water to stay clean, but humans sure do! Did you know that filling a bathtub uses the same amount of water as a 15-minute shower? That\u2019s a lot of water! Plus, think of all the energy it takes to heat up that water and the fossil fuels that are burned to create electricity!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-karin-chantanaprayura-35125407-7224650-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-611007\" style=\"width:700px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>You can be a cool cat by cutting back on water and energy use! Swap that long bath for a quick 5-minute shower and help the planet stay clean too!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-karolina-grabowska-4194709-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-611014\" style=\"width:694px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Don\u2019t forget to log this habit in the Act Like and Animal Challenge!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Canada-only-ALAA-SponsorPlate-EN_deacd5915de37e24.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know that cats aren\u2019t a fan of water, so how do they keep themselves clean? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":236039,"featured_media":606008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[931],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-611006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all"},"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/236039"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611006"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":611094,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611006\/revisions\/611094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}