Mario once fell out of a tree and landed on his feet. Cats were so impressed they asked him for lessons and he facilitated their amazing ability to lick their own ghoolies too. I know my boy puss Bother is forever in Mario's debt for the hours of pleasure he enjoys doing the latter. It's a well known fact amongst those who know it well (FAMsters, 14 million fans, The Ant & Dec, etc, &c.) that Mario enjoys the harmless pastime of autofellatio. But did you know that when he licks his own ghoolies, his right leg sticks straight up in the air, just like a cat?† A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.