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my step son asked a very funny question. he wants to know if cats have?

belly buttons.

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1. yes, they do...they are hard to find (infact i never even thought of it till answering qs on this place.) but they are there.
2. I don't think they do, they have nipples though, Belly Buttons come from the umbilical cord for human babies, but i don['t think kittys are born that way
3. I don't think so. Dogs are born in big sacs and since cats are born in litters too I assume they would develop in sacs. Things born in sacs do not have belly buttons because they do not have umbilical cords.
4. Yes, cats have belly buttons. All gestating mammals do.
5. Super cute!!!! Love it!!! "The easiest way to find out whether cats have belly buttons would have been to inspect a cat. If you had, you would have found that cats are indeed equipped with navels, notwithstanding the fact that they (along with dogs) are born in amnionic sacs. Admittedly, cat belly buttons don't look quite like the human version, being basically an elongated scar, often hidden by hair, located just astern of the rib cage. Virtually all mammals, including apes and lions, have umbilical cords and hence navels, the principal exceptions reportedly being our distinguished forebears Adam and Eve, for reasons that a moment's thought will make obvious. --CECIL ADAMS
6. I'm not trying to discourage people from writing their Uncle Cecil, but it seems to me the easiest way to find out whether cats have belly buttons would have been to inspect a cat. If you had, you would have found that cats are indeed equipped with navels, notwithstanding the fact that they (along with dogs) are born in amnionic sacs. Admittedly, cat belly buttons don't look quite like the human version, being basically an elongated scar, often hidden by hair, located just astern of the rib cage.
7. They do, just like any animal with umbilical cords. Except in humans, the cords are sniped and tied up, but many mothering animals chew through the chords of each of their babies, so there is a remaining cord still attatched to the baby. It gradually shrivels up and falls off because there is no blood flow and it is dead tssue once chewed (or snipped), leaving a little bump of healed tissue. I have been able to spot this bump on many kittens or younger cats, but I can never find anything on older cats. This is possibly because kittens still have thin fur, or maybe even because the bump eventually smoothes out.
8. thats a good question...i dont know...i had a question like that from my son when we were visiting a farm...he wanted to know why cows had 4 milkers and why mommy only had 2.....that one took awhile to answer =-)
9. yes kittys have belly buttons, they are just really hard to see because of all the fur on their tummies
10. all gestating mammals have belly buttons, so yes cats do.
11. yes how do they have the cord
12. Yes they do - each kitten comes with it's own separate placenta. The mother cat bites the cord and usually eats the afterbirth. If you search on a patient cat you will find it - it's sort of like a flat oval scar.
13. yes.my cat had a belly button,she was the only cat i ever had (6-cats)that loved belly rubs & she had a bb...
14. Yep, it's under a lot of fur, in the center of the belly area, about as far up as the knees are if you look from the side of the cat. It'll be a circular skin patch with no fur on it.