Interesting Facts About Cats

[Vega_Lyra]

- Cats are the most popular pet in the United States: There are 88 million pet cats and 74 million dogs.
-Cats have over 20 muscles that control their ears.
- A group of cats is called a clowder.
-Cats sleep 70% of their lives.
-Evidence suggests domesticated cats have been around since 3600 B.C., 2,000 years before Egypt's pharaohs.
-Cats are often lactose intolerant, so stop giving them milk!
-Cats make more than 100 different sounds whereas dogs make around 10.
-A cat's brain is 90% similar to a human's — more similar than to a dog's.
-Cats and humans have nearly identical sections of the brain that control emotion.
-It was illegal to slay cats in ancient Egypt, in large part because they provided the great service of controlling the rat population.
- In the 15th century, Pope Innocent VIII began ordering the killing of cats, pronouncing them demonic.
- Isaac Newton is credited with inventing the cat door.
- The first cat in space was French. She was named Felicette, or "Astrocat." She survived the trip.
-Black cats are bad luck in the United States, but they are good luck in the United Kingdom and Australia.

 

[rt3]

You forgot

true carnivores, 20% more intestine than dogs

they can read minds

 

[Debby]

I read your list Vega and the one that caught my attention was the one about their 100 sounds.

My cat seems to make one 'amost sound'. He stares at you, opens his mouth wide and you hear, '...............ah' and so softly that if the tv is on low, you can't hear it at all. That's it. And he purrrs at high volume. Maybe in his case you could say he has 100 levels of volume in his sounds.

 

[Arachne]

I just spent $ 2,300.00 on my cat's teeth.. They reabsorb their decaying teeth and it is very very painful..please get your cats teeth checked. They cannot speak for themselves.. Pippin my cat is doing great now although he is missing 5 teeth including his upper canines..

 

[chic]

I loved it. After being owned by so many cats, they definitely sleep 70% of the time. It seems like more.