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Cats and humans have been associated for nearly 10.000 years.
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On average, cats spend 2/3 of everyday sleeping and use 1/3 of their awake time cleaning themselves.
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Cats have powerful night vision, allowing them to see at light levels six times lower than what a human needs in order to see.
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Cats also have excellent hearing and a powerful sense of smell.
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Cats’ claws all curve downward, which means that they can’t climb down trees head-first. Instead, they have to back down the trunk.
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Cats can drink seawater. Their kidneys are able to filter salt out of water, something humans can’t do.
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House cats share 95.6% of their genetic makeup with tigers. They also share some of the same behavior habits such as scent and urine marking, prey stalking and pouncing.
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A house cat can run to the speed of about 30 mph over short distances. This means that a cat can outrun superstar runner Usain Bolt in a 200 meter dash.
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Cats have a whopping 32 muscles in each of their ears, allowing them to swivel their ears to hone in on the exact source of a noise. Additionally, cats can rotate their ears to 180 degrees.
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The whiskers on a cat aren’t just cute, they serve a very important function in assisting cats with getting around, especially at night. Whiskers are embedded deep in the cat’s body and are connected to the cat’s sensitive muscular and nervous systems, acting as touch receptors (or a “kitty radar”). Whiskers allow a cat to detect and respond to changes in their surroundings.
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Adult cats have 30 teeth, while kittens have 26.
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There are about 90 million pet cats in the United States, which makes them the most popular pet in the country.
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Cats walk in a unique way. They move both right feet first and then both of their left feet. The only other mammals that walk this way are camels and giraffes.
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Cats can dream. They are probably dreaming about hunting. Cats also have nightmares about bad experiences.
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A cat’s nose has a unique “print”, like a human fingerprint.
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Cats can find their way home even if they have traveled many miles. Some believe they can sense the earth’s magnetic field, others believe they use their strong senses.
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A cat’s heart beats nearly twice as fast as a human heart, 110 to 140 beats per minute.
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Unlike humans, cats cannot detect sweetness, which likely explains why they are not drawn to it at all.
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Cats only use their meows to talk to humans, not each other. The only time they meow to communicate with other felines is when they are kittens to signal to their mother.
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The oldest cat was 38 years old. “Creme Puff” was born on August 3rd, 1967 and passed away on August 6th, 2005, exactly after 38 years and three days. With this achievement, Creme Puff got into the Guinness Book of Records.
