Loose Hanging Skin

[yosemite]

Originally Posted by gayef

Actually, it is a length of skin which allows the cat to expand to their full length when running or stretching ... if you pick up a cat with one hand cradled behind the front "arms" and the other cradled in front of the back "legs" and "park" them out (I suspect horse people will understand what I mean by parking) ... stretching them so that the spine curves inward, you'll see why they need that extra length of skin. It helps them to extend fully.

That would be especially handy for show cats I would assume since the judges like to stretch them all out.