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Fun Cat Facts
| Fun Cat Facts |  | - 95% of cat owners admit they talk to their cats.
- A cat can jump as much as seven times its height.
- A cat cannot see directly under its nose. This is why the cat cannot seem to find tidbits on the floor.
- A cat has 230 bones in its body.
- A human only has 206 bones.
- A cat in a hurry can sprint at about thirty-one miles per hour.
- A cat sees about six times better than a human at night because of the tapetum lucidum a layer of extra reflecting cells which absorb light.
- A cat will almost never meow at another cat. Cats use this sound for humans.
- A cat will never break a sweat because it has no sweat glands.
- A cat will spend nearly 30% of its life grooming itself.
- A cat's brain is more similar to a human's brain than that of a dog.
- A fifteen year old cat has probably spent ten years of its life sleeping.
- A group of kittens is called a kindle.
- A group of adult cats is called a clowder.
- Black cat superstitions originated in America. In Asia and England a black cat is considered lucky.
- Catnip can affect lions and tigers as well as house cats. It excites them because it contains a chemical that resembles an excretion of the dominant female's urine.
- Cats average 16 hours of sleep a day more than any other mammal.
- Cats bury their feces to cover their trails from predators.
- Cats have about 100 different vocalization sounds. In comparison dogs have about 10.
- Cats must have fat in their diet because they can't produce it on their own. Never feed your cat dog food because cats need five times more protein than dogs do.
- Cats not dogs are the most common pets in America. There are approximately 66 million cats to 58 million dogs with Parakeets a distant third at 14 million. Cats not dogs are the most common pets in America. There are approximately 66 million cats to 58 million dogs with Parakeets a distant third at 14 million.
- Human painkillers such acetaminophen (Tylenol) is toxic to cats. Chocolate is also poisonous to cats.
- In general cats live longer than most dogs. An average life span might be 12 to 14 years. Some cats are reaching 20 or more.
- It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure.
- Many cats are unable to properly digest cow's milk. Milk and milk products give them diarrhea.
- Neutering a cat extends its life span by two or three years.
- Orange and lemon rinds are offensive to cats. A light rubbing of orange peel on furniture will discourage your cat from using it as a scratching post.
- The average canned or dry cat meal is the nutritional equivalent of eating five mice.
- The cat lover is an ailurophile while a cat hater is an ailurophobe.
- The heaviest cat ever recorded weighed 46 lbs.
- The penalty for killing a cat 4 000 years ago in Egypt was death.
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