Some facts about cats
Cats commonly sleep between 12 and 16 hours a day — more than most mammals and up to twice as much as humans. Studies also show that cat owners are about 40% less likely to have a heart attack than those sans felines. A cat's purr can help their owner's body and their own at the same time. Purrs cut down on the effects of dyspnea, which is difficulty breathing, in both humans and cats.
A cat's eyes are so expressive and can tell so much about how she's feeling at that moment. Whether a slow-blink is actually a cat's take on a kiss is perhaps open for argument, but many in the behavior field, including myself, believe that in the right environment, it is a sign of calming and yes, affection .
Everything they do, they do because they want to. Cats can be truly loyal, but unlike dogs, that loyalty comes out of their desire to be loyal to you.
The reasons change as they grow from kittens into cats. Kittens meow to their mothers when they're hungry, cold, or scared. But once cats get older, they use other vocalizations -- such as yowling, hissing, and growling -- to communicate with each other. Meowing is reserved for their communications with people.
Altered Cats. Neutered males and spayed females behave in similar manners and are generally equally playful and affectionate. Males often tolerate being handled more than females and are more likely to accept new family members and cats, but this is also determined by the cat's individual personality
Facts about cats
Cats are the most popular pet in the world. Cats sleep 70% of their lives.Cats can change their meow to manipulate a human.
A cat can jump up to six times its length.
Cats only sweat through their foot pads.
The biggest wild cat today is the Siberian Tiger. It can be more than 12 feet (3.6 m) long (about the size of a small car) and weigh up to 700 pounds (317 kg).
Cats have over 20 muscles that control their ears.
A group of cats is called a “clowder”
Unlike dogs, cats do not have a sweet tooth.
The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
A cat can’t climb head first down a tree because every claw on a cat’s paw points the same way.
Cats make about 100 different sounds.
Approximately 40,000 people are bitten by cats in the world annually.
A cat can hear high-frequency sounds up to two octaves higher than a human.
A cat can travel at a top speed of approximately 31 mph (49 km) over a short distance.
Most cats give birth to a litter of between one and nine kittens.
Cats hate the water because their fur does not insulate well when it’s wet.
A cat usually has about 12 whiskers on each side of its face.
A cat almost never meows at another cat, mostly just humans.
Cats typically will spit, purr, and hiss at other cats.
A cat’s eyesight is both better and worse than humans. It is better because cats can see in much dimmer light and they have a wider peripheral view. It’s worse because they don’t see color as well as humans do.
The ability of a cat to find its way home is called “psi-traveling.” Experts think cats either use the angle of the sunlight to find their way.
Unlike humans, cats have kidneys that can filter out salt and use the water content to hydrate their bodies.
The world’s largest cat measured 48.5 inches long.
Cats and humans have nearly identical sections of the brain that control emotion.
Cats have a longer-term memory.
Cats have 1,000 times more data storage than an iPad.
A cat has five toes on his front paws, and four on the back.
Abraham Lincoln kept four cats in the White House.
Isaac Newton is credited with inventing the cat door.
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