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Now I have 40 Cat Facts that I found, that I would like to share with you.
1) Cats have a keen sence of hearing with more than 40,000 nerve fibers in their ears.
2) Before earthquakes and other natural disasters, cats tend to become excited, restless, or fearful.
3) Black cats have long been the subject of superstition. When a black cat crosses your path in the US, it's bad luck, but in Brittain, black cats are typically good luck.
4) Pointed ears signify an attention-hungry cat, while flattened ears indicate a need for solitude.
5) With it's 24 whiskers, a cat can gauge its ability to slip through narrow openings.
6) An upright tail can indicate a relaxed and confident cat, while a puffed out or whipping tail shows a fearful or agitated cat.
7) To get to know other felines, a cat will snif for pheromones, which reveal information about gender, health, and whether or not they've been fixed.
8 ) Keeping cats well fed can help these nocturnal creatures sleep through the night.
9) Seventy percent of a cats day is spent sleeping.
10) A cat's belly button is a flat scar where the umbilical cord connected it to its mother.
11) Soft music can ease cats' anxiety when their owners leave home.
12) Female cats are fully grown at 5 to 8 months of age, while male cats can take 9 to 12 months.
13) A cat's whiskers are divided into upper and lower rows, which move independently of each other.
14) Some dogs are actually afraid of cats and have been known to fet into some interesting predicaments while trying to escape their feline foes.
15) Because a cat's vertebrae are more loosely connected than in other animals, its spine is very flexable.
16) Some coat colors are associated with geender in cats. Many orange kittens are male (Marshmellow!!!), while calico cats tend to be female.
17) Research shows that people who own cats and other pets tend to live longer lives and experience less stress/
18 ) Cats walk on their tippy toes, rarely allowing their soles to touch the ground.
19) Cats have 230 bones. Humans have 206.
20) About 10 percent of a cat's bones ate located in its tail.
21) With approximately 60 to 80 million olfactory cells, cats have an acute sense of smell, unlike humans with only 5 to 20 million cells.
22) Kittens cannot hear until they are 2 weeks old, although they open their eyes at 7 to 10 days old.
23) The only species that can hold its tail vertically while walkking is the domestic cat.
24) Purring often indicates pain, fear, or pleasure in a cat.
25) Many cats have five toes on their front paws, but only four on their back paws.
26) Most cats lack eyelashes.
27) A cat's favorite petting zones are located on its head between the ears, along the checks, and under the jaw.
28 ) Mother cats are called dams or queens and father cats are called sires or toms.
29) A group of kittens is a kindle and a group of adult cats is a clowder.
30) Spend 30 percent ot their time grooming, cats are one of nature's cleanest animals.
31) The smallest cat species at 5 1/2 pounds, is the Black-Footed CAt (Felis nigripes) of Africa.
32) Cats cannot see in total darkness.
33) When cats raise their backs to human touch, they are revaling their mutual affection.
34) When cats collase their backs, they desire to be alone.
35) Outdoor cats generally live less than five years, while indoor cats survive much longer.
36) Cats can bury their waste to hide evidence from predators and avoid territorial disputes with other cats.
37) When grooming itself, a cat accumulates hairballsin its stomach or intestines.
38 ) Most cats are independent, desiring routine and consistency.
39) A cat and ehr offspring can produce 420,000 kittens in seven years.
40) In the 1930's, author Earnest Hemingway recieved a polydactyl (six-toed) cat from a ship's captain: some of the cat's descendants currently reside at the Earnest Hemingway Home and Museum in Key West, Florida.
 marshjazz · Sat May 14, 2005 @ 03:26am · 0 Comments |
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