The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers is the 29th book in "The Cat Who" series. It was released in 2007 and is written by Lilian Jackson Braun. The Old Hulk, being developed for a senior center, mysteriously burns to the ground. Meanwhile, a young woman dies from a bee sting—or could it have been murder? Qwill's lady friend, Polly Duncan, goes to Paris and decides to stay there. Later, Qwill's apple barn residence is burned by fire. The author, Lilian Jackson Braun, died June 4, 2011 making "The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers" her
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