21.5 Fascinating Facts about CATS!!!
Cats are cute, cuddly but curious in the same way.
There are things you don't know about cats.
Here are 20 things you probably didn't know about cats:
- Cats use their tails for balance and have nearly 30 individual bones in them
- In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime. If you killed a cat, you could be killed! This was because the cat was one of the ancient Egyptian's sacred animals
- The first cat show was held in 1871 at the crystal palace in London
- At average, cats sleep for almost 70% of their lives. This means that a 9 year old has only been awake for 3 years of its life!!!!!!
- A cat can jump approximately seven times its height
- Cats only sweat through their paws. This is why you may see them leave paw prints, mostly in the summertime!
- Forget the myth that cats can see in complete darkness! They can only still see at low light levels
- Female cats are right-pawed whereas male cats are left-pawed
- Cats can run up to 30 miles per hour - QUICK!!!
- Most cats are lactose intolerant and should not be given cow's milk
- A male cat is called a {Tom} while a female cat is called a {Queen}. CATS ARE ROYAL!!!
- The righting reflex has helped some cats survive falls from over 32 stories (320 meters) onto solid ground
- A cat has 32 muscles in each ear that control their outer ear - humans only have 6!!!
- A cat named Stubbs has been the mayor of Talkeetna, a small town in Alaska, for 15 years (as I had said, CATS ARE OF VERY HIGH STATUS)
- Cats cannot taste the !SWEET! taste
- Adult cats never meow to each other - they only communicate with humans - our cats LOVE us!!!
- Cats have 5 toes on their front paws, and only 4 on their back paws
- Cats use their whiskers to figure out how wide an opening is and whether they will fit through it - don't cut your cat's whiskers!
- When a cat rubs against people it means that they are marking out its territory with its scent glands, whilst getting affectionate
- The richest cat in the world is worth $13 million. The cat's owner, who passed away, left her fortune to him - WHY???
- Cats...........
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YOUR job is to find the most interesting fact about cats. You can post it in the comments bellow!
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