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How many surfaces does your cat's butt actually touch?

A 6th grader's Science Fair Project has the answer!

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When your cat is walking around the house with their tail up, do you ever wonder just how many parts of your house your cat is touching with its butt?

Well, there's a sixth grader in Tennessee named Kaeden Griffin who decided to do the legwork and tackle that question for his science fair project.


He ran his experiment by putting a non-toxic lipstick on his cats' backside and then kept track of where that lipstick showed up around the house. Here are his results:

1.  Cats with long and medium hair didn't make any contact with hard or soft surfaces.

2. Cats with short hair didn't make contact with hard surfaces, but there were smears of lipstick on soft surfaces like the bed.

So, the good news is: Your cat isn't dragging their butt all over your house. But if you have a short-haired cat . . . well, maybe not everything is safe.

You can check out the post and the project on Facebook. It's already been shared more than 26,000 times!

A 6th grader's Science Fair Project has the answer!