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20 Cheeky Facts about Cats

December 6, 2011 Animals, Random OMG Facts

• Taste Buds of Cats can not detect sugar.
• Cats’ sense of smell is 14 times stronger than that of humans.
• There are more than 500 million domestic cats in the world, with approximately 40 recognized breeds.
• A cat uses it’s whiskers to tell if the space they are contemplating entering is big enough for them.
• Cats have a heart rate of between 120 – 240 beats per minute.
• Just like fingerprints on humans, the nose pad of cats is rigid in a pattern that is completely unique.
• 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 or that cats have magnetized cells in their brains that act as compasses.
• A commemorative tower was built in Scotland for a cat named Towser, who caught nearly 30,000 mice in her lifetime.
• The claws on the cat’s back paws aren’t as sharp as the claws on the front paws because the claws in the back don’t retract and, consequently, become worn.
• A cat’s back is extremely flexible because it has up to 53 loosely fitting vertebrae. Humans only have 34.
• Cats are born with blue eyes. They change at approximately 12 weeks of age.
• Cats have 230 bones in their bodies, this is 24 more than humans.
• A cat rubs against people not only to be affectionate but also to mark out its territory with scent glands around its face.
• Cats are North America’s most popular pets: there are 73 million cats compared to 63 million dogs.
• Cats ears can hear ultrasonic sounds.Rodents communicate through these sounds and cats are talented enough to hear them.
• Cats can jump between 5 & 7 times as high as their tail.
• 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.
• A cat uses it’s whiskers to tell if the space they are contemplating entering is big enough for them.
• A cat’s jaw can’t move sideways, so a cat can’t chew large chunks of food.
• A cat almost never meows at another cat, mostly just humans. Cats typically will spit, purr, and hiss at other cats.

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