1.
Cats are one of, if not the most, popular pet in
the world.
2.
There are over 500 million domestic cats in the
world.
3.
The cat was the symbol of liberty in ancient
Rome.
4.
Many Egyptians worshipped the goddess Bast, who
had a woman’s body and a cat’s head.
5.
A cat called Dusty has the known record for the
most kittens. She had more than 420 kittens in her lifetime.
6.
A cat’s heart beats nearly twice as fast as a
human heart, at 110 to 140 beats a minute.
7.
Cats are extremely sensitive to vibrations. Cats
are said to detect earthquake tremors 10 or 15 minutes before humans can.
8.
A
group of kittens is called a "kindle." A group of grown cats
is called a "clowder."
A male cat is called a
"tom," a female cat is called a "molly" or
"queen", and young cats are called "kittens.
9.
Kittens
begin dreaming when they are over one week old.
10.
When
cats are happy, they may squeeze their eyes shut.
11.
One reason that kittens sleep so much is because
a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
12.
Cats don’t have sweat glands over their bodies
like humans do. Instead, they sweat only through their paws.
13.
Cats have a weak sense of taste. They have only
473 taste buds, humans have 9,000.
14.
Grown cats have 30 teeth. Kittens have about 26
temporary teeth, which they lose when they are about 6 months old.
15.
A cat’s heart beats nearly twice as fast as a
human heart, at 110 to 140 beats a minute.
16.
Cats are extremely sensitive to vibrations. Cats
are said to detect earthquake tremors 10 or 15 minutes before humans can.
17.
A
group of kittens is called a "kindle." A group of grown cats is
called a "clowder." A male cat is called a "tom," a female
cat is called a "molly" or "queen", and young cats are
called "kittens.
18.
Kittens
begin dreaming when they are over one week old.
19.
A cat rubs against people not only to be
affectionate but also to mark out its territory with scent glands around its
face.
20.
A house cat spends 70% of its time sleeping.
21.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
22.
A cat’s hearing is better than a dog’s. And a
cat can hear high-frequency sounds up to two octaves higher than a human.
23.
A cat can travel at a top speed of approximately
31 mph (49 km) over a short distance.
24.
The first cat in space was a French cat named
Felicette (a.k.a. “Astrocat”)
25.
A cat can jump up to five times its own height
in a single bound.
26.
Cats are partially color blind. They
have the equivalency of human red/green color blindness. Reds appear green
and greens appear red or shades.
27.
Approximately 24 cat skins can make a coat.
28.
Only
domestic cats hold their tails straight up while walking. Wild cats hold their
tails horizontally or tucked between their legs while walking.
29.
Isaac
Newton, discoverer of the principles of gravity, also invented the cat door.
30.
Cats have powerful night vision, allowing them
to see at light levels six times lower than what a human needs in order to see.
31.
Cats also have excellent hearing and a powerful
sense of smell.
32.
On average cats live for around 12 to 15 years.
33.
Cats spend a large amount of time licking their
coats to keep them clean.
34.
Cats
spend 30% of their waking hours grooming themselves.
35.
In the 1930s, two Russian biologists discovered
that color change in Siamese kittens depend on their body temperature. Siamese
cats carry albino genes that work only when the body temperature is above 98°
F. If these kittens are left in a very warm room, their points won’t darken and
they will stay a creamy white.
36.
Foods that should not be given to cats include
onions, garlic, green tomatoes, raw potatoes, chocolate, grapes, and raisins.
Though milk is not toxic, it can cause an upset stomach and gas.
37.
A cat’s jaw can’t move sideways, so a cat can’t
chew large chunks of food.
38.
If they have ample water, cats can tolerate
temperatures up to 133 °F.
39.
Cats have 32 muscles that control the outer ear
(humans have only 6). A cat can independently rotate its ears 180 degrees.
40.
A cat almost never meows at another cat, mostly
just humans.
41.
If
the cat is thrashing its tail, she is in a bad mood - time for you to keep your
distance.
42.
A cat can’t climb head first down a tree because
every claw on a cat’s paw points the same way. To get down from a tree, a cat
must back down.
43.
Every year, nearly four million cats are eaten
in Asia.
44.
On average, cats spend 2/3 of every day
sleeping. That means a nine-year-old cat has been awake for only three years of
its life.
45.
Cats
rarely meow at other cats.
46.
Cats love high places. They share this
love with leopards and jaguars, it will sleep in trees. If a cat begins
to fall, his inner ear canal (which controls balance) will help him right himself
and land on his feet.
47.
Female cats tend to be right pawed, while male
cats are more often left pawed.
48.
Cats make about 100 different sounds. Dogs make
only about 10 Sounds.
49.
Cats conserve energy by sleeping for an average
of 13 to14 hours a day.
50.
The ability of a cat to find its way home is
called “psi-traveling.” Experts think cats either use the angle of the sunlight
to find their way.
51.
The
more you talk to your cat, the more it will speak to you.
52.
The
majority of cats do not have any eyelashes.
53.
The normal body temperature of a cat is between
100.5 ° and 102.5 °F. A cat is sick if its temperature goes below 100 ° or
above 103 °F.
54.
A cat has 230 bones in its body. A human has
206. A cat has no collarbone, so it can fit through any opening the size of its
head.
55.
The cat who holds the record for the longest
non-fatal fall is Andy. He fell from the 16th floor of an
apartment building (about 200 ft/.06 km) and survived.
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