- "Interesting Facts about Cats"
| - Ailurophilia means "love of cats". - A cat's heart beats 2 times faster than human heart. - The tail of a cat is used to maintain balance. - Cats are mammals with the largest eyes. - Cats are partially color-blind. - The pregnancy to delivery duration for a female cat takes only 9 weeks. - An average female cat gives birth to 100 kittens in a lifetime. - A domestic cat can run at a speed of at least 30 miles per hour. - Cats require only 1/6th of light needed by humans to see. - Most blue-eyed white cats are deaf. - Cats have more bones than human beings. They have 244 bones while humans have 206. - Your cat knows your feelings. If you're down, you might notice a change in your cat's behaviour. - Although you might not like it when your cat brings you a dead prey, to him it's a gift for you. - If a cat bites you when you rub his stomach, he's doing so out of pleasure. |
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- Cats can't see under their nose, that's why it's hard for them to notice food directly under them. - A cat's sense of smell is 14 times stronger that a human's. - Cats can move their ears 180 degrees. - Of all mammals, cats sleep the most: 16 hours a day. - And they spend 30% of their time awake grooming themselves. - Catnip to cats is like marijuana to humans. - The most expensive cat was $25,000. - Cats have blood groups similar to people. - Sir Isaac Newton invented the cat door. - Abraham Lincoln loved cats and had 4 of them. - Cats purr 26 cycles in 1 second. - A cat's nose pad is as unique as a human thumbprint. - Cats can jump as high as 5 times their height. See this Amazing Cat Jump video. |
