Crazy Cat Sniffs

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So my cat loves to do this thing where he runs up and jumps on the bed while I'm laying on it, puts his face right next mine, intensely (and loudly) sniffs my hair/face about 4 or 5 times (it tickles and I always giggle when he does it), and then bolts off the bed and continues playing his crazy cat routine.

It's as if he's super quickly and intensely sniffing my head to make sure I'm who he thinks I am and once he's satisfied, running away to continue about his cat activities. He's about 9 months old, a bengal/tabby mix,

My theory is that he IS making sure I am who I am, OR he knows it makes me laugh so he keeps doing it.

I swear, my cat is actually a dog... Or a person.

Anyways, if anyone has any idea what he's actually doing, just out of curiousity, I'd love to know!
 

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I have no idea WHY he does this, but one of mine (the 6 month old) does a similar thing haha! He'll jump up and smell our faces (and sometimes in our ears which tickles SO much!) while purring. If we're wearing makeup, he especially loves smelling our eyelashes. 
 
 
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So my cat loves to do this thing where he runs up and jumps on the bed while I'm laying on it, puts his face right next mine, intensely (and loudly) sniffs my hair/face about 4 or 5 times (it tickles and I always giggle when he does it), and then bolts off the bed and continues playing his crazy cat routine.

It's as if he's super quickly and intensely sniffing my head to make sure I'm who he thinks I am and once he's satisfied, running away to continue about his cat activities. He's about 9 months old, a bengal/tabby mix,

My theory is that he IS making sure I am who I am, OR he knows it makes me laugh so he keeps doing it.

I swear, my cat is actually a dog... Or a person.

Anyways, if anyone has any idea what he's actually doing, just out of curiousity, I'd love to know!
"Sniff, sniff, this one is still alive, not edible yet" :D

One of mine tries to fit into my nostril when I pick him up, sniffing loudly, not sure if he is attempting to get smell of pheromone or attempting to find out what I have eaten recently.

I'm not sure if it has something to do with memories of kitten times when he got milk from his mother.

Other one of mine likes to sniff my hair and then he starts to comb it same way he does with his own fur, pulling hair between teeth and sometimes nibbling if hair is tangled.
 
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