1.
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.
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.
2.
Unlike dogs, cats do
not have a sweet tooth. Scientists believe this is due to a mutation in a key
taste receptor.
3.
When a cat chases its
prey, it keeps its head level. Dogs and humans bob their heads up and down.
4.
The technical term for
a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
5.
A group of cats is
called a “clowder.”
6.
Female cats tend to be
right pawed, while male cats are more often left pawed. Interestingly, while
90% of humans are right handed, the remaining 10% of lefties also tend to be
male.
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7.
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.
8.
Cats make about 100
different sounds. Dogs make only about 10.
9.
A cat’s brain is
biologically more similar to a human brain than it is to a dog’s. Both humans
and cats have identical regions in their brains that are responsible for
emotions.
10. There are more than
500 million domestic cats in the world, with approximately 40 recognized
breeds.
11. The most popular pedigreed cat is the Persian cat, followed by
the Main Coon cat and the Siamese cat.
12. A cat cannot climb
head first down a tree because its claws are curved the wrong way
13. The tiniest cat on record is Mr. Pebbles, a 2-year-old cat that
weighed 3 lbs (1.3 k) and was 6.1 inches (15.5 cm) high.
14. A female cat is called a queen
or a molly.
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