For those who don’t know, cats are carnivorous mammals. Cats are one of the famous pets in United States. Some cats love to live with humans while other cats avoid human contact. On the basis of this behavior cats are classified into two major categories, Wild cats and domestic cats. All domestic cats belong to the family Felidae. Some lions also belong to this family. Some Feral cats are also domestic. But they don’t like to live with humans. No one knows why.

Here are Some Interesting Facts about Cats You May Not Know

Number of Cat Breeds

According to the Cat Fancier Organization, there are around 60 breeds of cat.

Cats Cannot Detect Sweetness

Have you ever thought why your cats don’t like donuts or things like that? The reason is their tongues are not developed to detect sweet flavors. Cats simply don’t like sweetness no matter how delicious dessert you presented to them.

Favorite Food of Cats

Well, if you are a cat owner you should know that cats love to catch and eat rodents.

What you think whether cats are lefties or righties

Left handed humans are creative and smart. Similar is the case with cats. Felines use their left claws most often. So we can say that because of the dominance of left claw, cats are lefties. The commanding claw in females is right talon.

Why Cats don’t sweat even in summers

If your pet is a cat I can bet you will never feel it damp even in hot season. The reason is there are no sweat glands present on their skin. Then where from the sweat comes. From their paws.

All Cats have Blue Eyes

Well, that sounds weird because if you are a cat owner and your cat has brown eyes, you will say I am wrong. By birth cats have blue eyes. With the passage of time as they grow old the eye color changes.

Cats mark their territories

Yes, it’s true. If your cat rubs itself on you it means you are now its territory. Leaving a specific scent is a sign that other cats are not allowed to enter this area.

Largest number of Cat Owners

World’s largest number of cat owners are present in America. Keeping cats as pet is famous in United States. Cat is the second most popular pet in America. 95 Million Americans have cats in their homes. But United Kingdom is not far behind. According to a survey in 2019, there are around 7.3 million cats in 4.8 million houses in UK.

Glaring or a Clowder

A group of cats i known as glaring or clowder. An unspayed female cat is often called a Queen or mollies. While a male cat is referred to as Tom. Yes, Tom and Jerry cartoon show is the biggest clue for the name of male cats. The newborn cats are known as kittens.

Origin of the Word ‘Cat’

Cat is an English word. But there are studies proving that the word cat originate from the German word “Katze”.

Do you Really Think Cats love Milk

If yes, then you are slightly wrong. Although we have seen cats drinking milk. But the truth is cats are lactose intolerant. Felines cannot digest milk. Moreover, it’s also a fact that kittens can easily digest sugar in milk. This intolerance start to become prominent in adult cats.

Cats Walk on Their Toes

Cats walk silently towards their prey. They also have amazing pouncing ability. Moreover, cats can jump easily from height because of the presence of shock absorbers in their feet. All these amazing qualities are due to the fact that cats walk on their toes. In term of biology, cats are digitigrades mammals. The term ‘digit’ is referred to as toe in Life Sciences.

Our heels stay on ground when we walk or stand up. In case of cats, feet bones also make the leg. You can easily spot it because cat’s has slight bend on the lower part of legs.

Sense of Hearing of Cats

Cats can hear the sound of frequency ranging between 45 Hz to 64,000 Hz. This is 14 times more than humans. Outer ears of cats are movable. The outer ear also known as Pinnae turn up the sound. Moreover, the location of sound is also detected. Cat’s hearing sense is so developed that they can hear ultrasound. Rats produce ultrasonic sound due to which cats catch them effortlessly.

Dolphins have the best hearing power even though they don’t have ears. But cats can hear dolphins too.

Movability of Jaw in Cats

Humans can move their jaws side to side, up and down. But cats cannot do so. Felines can move their jaws up and down only.

Cats Ears can rotate

This may sound weird but cats have special set of 32 muscles in their ears which help them to move ears on an angle of 180 degrees.

Ancient Egyptians are famous for their Cats

Many people relate cats with ancient Egypt which is somehow true. The people of Egypt was so attached to their cats that when someone’s cat died the owner used to shave their brows to show grief.

Don’t Allow Your Cats to Eat Raw Fish

If some of you feed your cat raw fish than please stop it from today. Raw fish can actually be dangerous for cats. Because raw fish contain bacteria. These microbes can cause food poisoning. Enzymes in raw fish can affect the nervous system of cats.

Cats are Clever Animals

Well, felines are as clever as humans are. Yes, that’s right. 90 percent of cat brain is similar to human brain. So don’t underestimate their smartness.

Deaf Cats

It hurts knowing that cats with blue eyes are usually deaf.

Chocolate can be Harmful for Cats

Cats cannot digest chocolate. Don’t feed cats chocolate even by mistake. Because it is poisonous for cats. Chocolate contains Theobromine which is a toxic agent. Though all kinds of chocolates contain theobromine. But the amount is considerably high in dark chocolate. It can cause abnormal heart rate, tremors or even death of cat.

Furthermore, raw eggs, grapes and raisins, dog food, caffeine, alcohol, onions and garlic are all poisonous to cats.

Some Cats are sensitive to Sunlight

Sunlight can affect cat’s skin. Mainly Ginger Tabby Cats are affected. They got freckles on their nose and cheeks when exposed to sun. A disease known as Solar Dermatitis occurs on exposure to sun. This disease mostly affect ears but sometimes eyelids of cats also.

Black and brown Freckles on cat’s nose are called as Lentigo. This is a genetic condition in which raised or flat freckles appear on cat’s nose.

Cats Love to clean themselves all the Day

We humans don’t clean ourselves that much as cats. Cats spend about 50 percent of their day cleaning themselves. Researches prove that cats cleaning behavior not only is associated with attracting partners but also help to keep away from predators. Other benefits include improved blood supply. Grooming helps to keep them warm. Moreover, cat’s saliva contain enzymes that have antibiotic properties and thus can heal wounds.
If your cat stop grooming it can be a sign your cat is sick. Sick cats have greasy hair with foul smell.

Purring sound of cats

Why do cats purr? It shows that the cat is happy but it’s not always the case. Sometimes cats purr when they are sad, stressed or pregnant.

Cats Owners Live Long

You must be thinking that maybe I am gone mad. But statistics have proved that cat owners are healthier as compared to people without cats. The risk of heart attack in people with pet cats is slightly lower.

Sense of Smell of Cats

The sense of smell in cats is twice strong than humans. This strength is due to the presence of highly advanced olfactory organ. In addition to this, the amount olfactory mucosa in nose is huge. The odor-sensitive cells in cats are 200 million while in humans only 5 million.

Sense of Taste of Cats

Unfortunately, sense of taste is not refined in cats. As mentioned above, cats cannot detect sweetness. It is because the number of taste buds in cats is less as compared to humans. Though cats love food containing proteins. But temperature of food also matters. Cats don’t like cold food. The body temperature of freshly caught prey is 38 degree Celsius which is favorable for cats.

Cats Conserve Energy by Sleeping

Humans spend about 30 percent part of their life sleeping. While a cat spend more than half (70 percent) of their life sleeping. According to scientist, felines conserve energy while sleeping. Although the amount of time a cat sleep varies with age. Young cats sleep less while adult cats sleep more. On average cats sleep 12 to 16 hours daily. The maximum duration of cats sleep is 20 hours.

Fictional Cat Garfield

Garfield is a fictional cat featured in comic film of the same name. The comic strip drawn a picture of fat, lazy, orange cat who love lasagna and sleeping. This comic strip was awarded Guinness World Record for being the most published cartoon.

Abraham Lincoln was fond of Cats

The American president Abraham Lincoln had four pet cats. These cats lived with him in white house. According to his wife, spending time with cats was his hobby.

Meow Sounds of Cats

Kittens usually make meow sound to get attention of their mothers. Adult cats don’t make this weird noise to contact with each other. Felines use meow solely to communicate with humans.

Wealthiest Cat Blackie

Blackie holds the Guinness Book of World Record for being the wealthiest cat in the world. Ben Rea, the owner of blackie, was an antique dealer. Before her death, Rea donated all her wealth to cat charity organization. In return she demanded for to look after her cat after her death. From there blackie became famous for his wealth.

Cat Person

A person who prefer cats on other pets is a “cat person”. 11.5 percent of people in the world call themselves a “cat person”.

Cats are best Hunters

Cats can see everything clearly even in darkness. Because of the presence of Tapetum Lucidum cat’s eye collect all the light and then intensify it. Collected light is reflected to retina and thus a clear image is processed.

Do Cats Love Music?

Would you believe cats love music? But when I talk about music it doesn’t mean human music. There are species-specific songs released by researchers. These songs are high-pitched. Cats love the purring noise in music. So next time play some music that your cat likes.

Unique Nose

Just like every human has his own unique fingerprints. Similarly, all cats have unique nose.

Kindle

As a group of adult cats is known as clowder. Likewise kindle is a group of kittens. The thing worth noticing is that all kittens should come out from a single mother cat.

Fattest Cat ‘Katy’

There is no award for fattest cat in the world. Katy being the chubby cat in the world had not been awarded any record. Well, that’s sad. Tamara Yapugova was the owner of Siamese moggy. She was the resident of Russia. Katy became fat after getting birth control treatment. The cure had a negative effect on Katy’s appetite which rose so much that Katy’s weight reached to 50 pounds.

Largest Cat Painting in the World

Have you ever thought a person is so attached to his cats that he specially hire a painter to capture funny movements of his cats? Yes, Kate Birdsall was one of them. She was a rich philanthropist. Kate had many Persian cats. The name, “My Wife’s Lovers”, was given to her kittens by her husband. The largest cat painting in the world was made by Kate’s painter. Its name was “My wife’s lovers”. The worth of that cat painting was $820,000.

Cat Head Goddess

The ancient Egyptians worshiped a goddess having cat head. Her name was Bastet. Murder of cat was a crime in Egypt. The murderer had to face serious punishments or death penalty as a result of killing or harming a cat.

Cats have better Vision than humans

Feline vision is 200 percent more advanced than humans. Cats can see prey clearly within the range of 20 feet.

Collarbone of Cats is not attached to any other bone

We wonder how cats can pass easily through narrow spaces. It is due the presence of their freely projecting collarbone which is not attached to any other bone. While in humans collarbone connects shoulder with sternum.

Do Cats have Emotions?

The answer is yes. It is hard to believe that cats have long and short term memory as humans have. Cat’s brain contain grey and white matter as in human’s brain. Felines also feel sad and sometimes they cry.

Cats are Famous for long Jumps

How cats jump easily from roofs, table etc. All this is due to the presence of strong muscles in its back and legs. One question arise in our mind is that why do cats have tail. Tails provide balance during high jumps. Cats can jump six times of their length.

Heart rate of Cats

Human heart beat 70 times per minute. While cat’s pulse is two times more fast. Cat’s heart rate is between 140 to 200 beats per minute.

Whiskers help in navigation

Feline whiskers are movable. The whiskers are present all over the body of cats. These whiskers are covered in nerve cells. Thus they help in finding objects and determining the width of gaps.

Myths about Black Cats

Do black cats bring bad luck? Well, every culture have their own explanation about this myth. In Scotland, Japan, and UK black cats crossing your path or arriving at your home bring good luck. In contrary, Americans associate black cats with witches. Ancient Egyptians worshiped cats no matter whether they are black or any other color.

Ancient Greece civilization started this superstition. It is believed that Galinthias , wife of Zeus, punished her servant and transformed him into black cat. From there the superstition evoked.

Fastest Cats in the World

Cheetahs are the fastest cat in the world. They can attain a speed of 60 mph in just 3 seconds.

Indoor Cats might be allergic to humans

Some people are allergic to cats. Believe me cats can be allergic to humans. Especially in indoor cats. Asthma is a common problems in cats and one in 200 cats suffer from this problem. Exposure to human dandruff, dust and smoke may increase the risk of asthma in cats.

Average Life Expectancy of Cats

The average life expectancy of wild cats is 2 to 16 years. While lifespan of indoor felines is comparatively, high which is 13 to 17 years. The oldest living cat in the world is Creme Puff. Jake Perry was the owner of this cat. Creme Puff died at the age of 38. He was the oldest living cat ever recorded.

Cats are eaten in Asia

Asians eat around 4 million cats each year. Cat meat is popular in China, Korea, and Vietnam.

Paws of Felines

I think cat owners would know that the front paws of cats have five toes while the back paws have four.

Cat Flap

Isaac Newton was a well-known pet lover. The name of his cat was ‘Spithead’. He invented cat flap so that his cat could leave the room easily without disturbing him.

Make Sure to add Taurine in Your Cat Diet

Be sure that the amino acid Taurine is present in your cat’s food. Because its absence can make your cat blind.

Adolf Hitler

Hitler was a famous politician and leader of Nazi party in Germany. His deadly measures cause the death of many Jewish people. But there is another reason to abhor him. Hitler was a cat hater. Napoleon was also afraid of cats.

Eyelids of Cats

Cats have three eyelids. The name of third eyelid of cats is Haw. Other animals also have this third set of eyelids.

Ailurophile

The word ailurophile is a combination of two words. Ailuro is originated from the Greek word “ailuros”, means cat. While the word phile means “lover”. So ailurophile is the person who love cats. Another similar term is Felinophile.

Largest Member of Feline Family

The largest member of this gang is 12 feet long Siberian Tiger.

First Country to keep Cats as Pet

Approximately 5,000 years ago, Chinese farmers were the first to keep cats as pet.

Cats are not Vegetarian

Cats are non vegetarian. Meat is essential for their survival.

Does your Cat Recognize You

Yes, cats are more clever than dogs. But due to ego they pretend like they don’t cares.

Staring Make them Feel Uneasy

If you stare your cat a lot than please stop doing this from today. Because it makes them feel agitated.

Longest cat in the World

Ludo holds the current record of longest cat in the world. Ludo is 118.83 cm long.

Trend OF Cat Show

First ever cat show was held at Crystal Palace, London on July 13th, 1871.

Cats Love to sit on Warm Places

Cats like to take nap in sunny spots. The reason is clear they need energy hunt, run and for various other purpose. They conserve energy through sitting on warm places.

Does your cat purrs a lot?

No need to worry, an average cat purrs 26 times a day.