Amazing facts about Cats:
- A cat uses it's whiskers to tell if the space they are contemplating entering is big enough for them.
- Cats not only walk on their toes but they have 5 toes on their front paws and 4 toes on the their back paws.
Cats are born with blue eyes. They change at approximately 12 weeks of age.
- Sometimes your cat will find it difficult to find the treats you throw him on the floor. The reason is because cats can't see directly under their own nose.
- Cats can jump between 5 & 7 times as high as their tail.
- Ailurophobia: the hate or fear of cats
- 80% of all cats, big and small, have the same reaction to catnip, due to their feline genes. Cats that are younger than 6 months and tigers however, do not react to catnip.
- Just like fingerprints on humans, the nose pad of cats is rigid in a pattern that is completely unique.
- Start a garden inside your home. Cats love to eat grass, parsley, catnip, and sage. However, consult your Vet before
- Cats step with both left legs, then both right legs when they walk or run. The only other animals to do this are the giraffe, camel and the maned wolf.
- Sir Isaac Newton is credited for inventing the cat door.
- Don't put planting a garden for your cat to eat. Many plants are harmful or even fatal to cats.
- Cats prefer their food at room temperature.
Pet owners live longer, happier lives with less stress and less heart attacks.
- your cat's collar on too tight. Make sure you can slip 2 fingers between the collar and the cat.
- Killing a cat was punishable by death in acient Egypt.
- Domestic cats purr at about 26 cycles per second, the same frequency as an idling diesel engine. A domestic cat hears frequencies up to about 65 kHz, humans up to 20 kHz. Its sense of smell is about 14 times stronger than that of humans
