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Unlike cats and dogs, whose whiskers are made of hair, catfish have special whisker-like feelers made of skin. Each barbel is loaded with tiny taste buds and special olfactory sensors to help the fish smell. Catfish tend to live in dark, murky waters where their vision isn't very useful.
Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: Whiskers are just hair. They don't have any nerves running through them so it will not hurt a dog to have them cut off. Whiskers are used as a sensory tool, but all the nerves are bundled up in the hair follicle, which is rooted three times deeper into the skin than normal hair.