Many people will ask how many meters the range of cats’ sense of smell? In fact, the cat's sense of smell is about 50 meters, but it can also reach more than 100 meters.
There are 5 million olfactory cells in humans, while there are more than 240 million olfactory cells in cats, which is more than 40 times that of humans in olfactory cells, and about 10 square centimeters in humans, and the olfactory area of cats is 20 to 40 square centimeters, and three times that of humans in olfactory area. In terms of overall sensitivity of smell, cats are 80 times that of humans.
Cats leave their marks through their sense of smell. When entering a strange environment, the cat will smell it everywhere to spread its own scent and become familiar with the surrounding environment. When you find something strange, cats will leave their own scent and mark their own territory by smelling it.
Cats can only smell the urine and smelly glands of other cats, and they can tell whether the cat is in estrus. Sweat and sebum make the nose mirror moist, so odor molecules are easily attached, making the cat's sense of smell sharp.