Why are you like this‽
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22435541
They have glands there.
Human must smell like cat (it's their territory), cat musn't smell like human. Ieuw.
"My" (it's a stray that just hangs around) cat lets me mark him with my cheeks just fine. The only thing that seems to upset him is walking by without acknowledging his presence because when I do that, he screams and bites my ankles.