Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers voice veteran Jim Cummings voices Lion. John DiMaggio, also of "Futurama" fame, provides sound effects for Monster Jerry. Dee Bradley Baker, who voices the Clone troopers in "" and other "Star Wars" series and games, provides the voice of Robot Cat. "Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers" received "mixed or average" reviews on all platforms, according to review aggregator Metacritic. In Japan, where the PlayStation 2 version was ported and published by Success on January 29, 2004, "Famitsu" gave it a score of two sixes, one five, and one four for a total of 21 out of 40.
Whiskers of nerve cells innervating the mystacial vibrissae of a seal has been estimated to be in excess of 300,000. Manatees, remarkably, have around 600 vibrissae on or around their lips. Whiskers can be very long in some species; the length of a chinchilla's whiskers can be more than a third of its body length (see image). Even in species with shorter whiskers, they can be very prominent appendages (see images). Thus, whilst whiskers certainly could be described as "proximal sensors" in contrast to, say, eyes, they offer a tactile sense with a sensing range that is functionally very significant. The