Did you know that last Friday was National Hairball Awareness Day? Me neither. A hairball by any other name is still gross. The scientific term is trichobezoar. A bezoar is any mass found in the stomach or intestines.
Animal hairballs were once thought to cure epilepsy, the plague, and poisoning. During the Middle Ages, hairballs were even set in gold. Cats are especially prone to hairball formation since they groom themselves by licking their fur, and thereby ingest it. Here are 7 facts about hairballs.
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