These hooks help comb the cat's fur or trap liquid like small cups when they drink. They also help scrape meat off the bones of prey. This meat scraping tool is especially important in winter, when lynx feed on carcasses of larger animals, such as deer and elk, that have died. Cats' whiskers are not just hairs. In total darkness, whiskers help cats avoid obstacles.
Lynx move their whiskers around using the muscles on their face.
This allows them to feel objects all around their face.