Interesting facts about cats!

In Australia, there are 9 cats per 10 inhabitants.

There are more than 500 million cats in the world, which are divided into 33 main breeds.

The pattern of the cat's nose surface is unique, like a human fingerprint.

Only two out of twenty cats are not afraid to fight with rats.

Cats do not like families where life goes on in constant quarrels.

Napoleon suffered from ailurophobia - fear of cats.

Cat urine glows under a black light.

The only pet that is not mentioned in the Bible is a cat.

A cat falling from the 12th floor has a better chance of survival than a cat falling from the 7th.

Cat's jaws can't move sideways.

In cats and humans, the same parts of the brain are responsible for emotions.

A cat's heartbeat is twice as fast as a human's (from 110 to 140 beats per minute).

Cats take from 20 to 40 breaths per minute.

The same amount of fluid is spent on licking the wool as on urination.

Normal body temperature in cats is about 38 degrees. This is slightly more than a human.

A cat has 30 vertebrae in its spine - five more vertebrae than a human.

An adult cat has 30 teeth (a dog has 42) - 12 incisors, 10 small molars, 4 canines and 4 main molars. In kittens, milk teeth change to permanent ones by seven months.

About 10% of all bones fall on the tail. The tail helps the cat to keep its balance.

There are 517 muscles in the cat's body. A person has 650.

Cats have 32 muscles in each ear (humans have six), they use at least twelve muscles to control the ear. A cat's ear rotates 180 degrees, and does it ten times faster than a dog.

Cats hear much better than humans. The range of perception is up to 65KHz (in humans - up to 20kHz).

Many cat breeds don't have eyelashes.

Cats can see up to 60 meters away. The field of view is 185, and peripheral vision is about 285 degrees.

Blue-eyed white cats are often deaf.

Cats have color blindness. Their color blindness is similar to human - red seems green to them, and green - red.

Cats are not very good at distinguishing small details.

Cats only need 1/6th of the light needed by humans to see. Their night vision is amazing! In the dark, the cat's eye uses even the light reflected from the retina.

Cats have round, slanted and almond-shaped eyes.

The color of a kitten's eyes may change with age.

At birth, kittens do not see and do not hear. They open their eyes in 7-10 days, and vision and hearing develop in 2 weeks. They start walking at 20 days.

Cats smell 14 times stronger than humans. They have 60 - 80 million olfactory receptors (in humans - 5 - 20 million)
In addition to the nose, cats can detect odors using the so-called “Jacobson tube" located on the upper palate behind the front incisors. The cat uses it when it is completely focused on some particularly interesting smell, sucking in air, slightly lifting the upper lip and nose.

The whiskers help the cat to determine whether it will fit through the hole. In total, the cat has 24 main whiskers, arranged in four rows on each side. The cat can control the two upper rows independently of the lower ones.

If the sides of a cat stick out further than the cheeks, then it loses the correctness of perception. Don't be surprised if a cat climbs into a hole that one part of it won't crawl through.

Giraffe, Camel and Cat are the only pacing animals, when walking they have left legs first, and then right. Such walking guarantees speed, agility and silence.

Domestic cats are the only kind of feline that can keep its tail upright when walking. All wild cats hold their tails horizontally or between their legs when walking.

A cat can have more than 100 kittens in its lifetime.

There may be kittens from different fathers in the same litter.

In 1952, a striped cat from Texas named Dusty set a record - he had more than 420 kittens, and the last litter was born when the cat was 18 years old.

Kitty cat gave birth to two kittens at the age of 30! She had 218 kittens in total.

The largest litter (with all surviving kittens) was recorded in a Persian cat in South Africa. The cat's name was Bluebell. She gave birth to 14 kittens. The maximum number of kittens in a litter is 19.

One pair of cats and their descendants can produce 420,000 kittens in 7 years.

A cat can become an adult as early as five months, and a cat needs from nine months to a year to do this. Most breeds reach full maturity only by the age of two.

While drinking, the cat captures the liquid with the lower side of the tongue, more than the upper side.

Pimples on the tongue help the cat to lick itself cleaner.

Cats purr with the frequency of a diesel engine at idle - 26 hertz, and they do it both on the inhale and exhale.

There are 5 fingers on the front paws of cats, 4 on the hind ones. During polydaction, 2 extra fingers on the front and 1 on the hind paws were fixed.

When walking, cats rely on their fingers.

While running, a domestic cat can make jerks at a speed of up to 50 kilometers per hour.

According to the University of Lyon (France), the palm in terms of the number of cats belongs to Australia, where there are 9 cats per 10 inhabitants. On the Asian continent, Indonesia takes the first place, there are more than 30 million furry animals, and in Europe - France, whose residents have 8 million cats in their care. However, there are countries, such as Peru, Gabon, where the domestic cat is almost not found.

A cat, hunting mice, saves up to 10 tons of grain per year. In England, cats are used to guard granaries and other food warehouses, they are officially put on allowance. Cats also guard books and other relics of the British Museum from mice. And in Austria, a cat who has served as a warehouse guard for several years is entitled to a lifetime pension, issued with milk, meat and broth.
If a cat is near you and her tail is shaking, this is the greatest feeling of love that she can express. When the tail begins to descend, it means that the mood has changed - you can move away, she will not be offended.

Cats wave their tails when faced with a choice, while one desire blocks the other. For example, if a cat is standing in a doorway and wants to go out, and it's raining outside, the tail will swing because of an internal conflict. The cat wants to get out, but doesn't want to get wet. As soon as she makes a decision (to stay at home, or go out in the rain), the tail will immediately stop swinging.
From pleasure, cats release and retract their claws, spreading their fingers.

The cat loves the owner and can "read" his mood. If you are sad or tense, you may notice a change in your cat's behavior.

Do not take a kitten or a cat by the scruff of the neck. Only cats can do this harmlessly, and only with their kittens.

The average life span of a domestic cat is 15 years, while for wild cats it is from 3 to 5 years.

Since 1930, the average life expectancy of cats has doubled.

The oldest cat in the world was Puss, from England, who died in 1939 a day after her 36th birthday.

The most fantastic record was set in Argentina by a cat named Mincho, who climbed a tree and did not come down until she died six years later. During this time, she managed to bring three litters with the same climbing cats.

People who have pets live longer and are less prone to stress and heart attacks.

Cats eat grass, such as oats, parsley and sage.

The behavior of most cats at home is similar to the behavior in nature.

A cat kills moving prey, but not necessarily for food. Understanding that hunting is foraging is an acquired skill.

How many mice can one cat catch? 28 899! Scottish tortoiseshell cat Towser (1966 - 1987), killed 28,899 mice in 21 years. That's about four mice a day, for 21 years.

Falling cats always act the same way. First the head is aligned, then the back, then the legs, and at the end the back is arched to soften the landing.

"Sociable" cats follow you from room to room to control your actions.

Cats understand the tone of voice. When talking to cats, remember about the tone of voice. Cats understand when you are angry at them (although they may not show it).

Cats can make about 100 different sounds. For comparison, there are only about 10 dogs.

Cats purr not only with pleasure, but also expressing pain or fear. Cats often purr when they give birth, or when they caress kittens.

The more you talk to cats, the more they talk to you.

In the Guinness Book of Records, the richest cats are a couple who inherited $415,000 in the early 60s. And the richest single cat inherited $250,000.

Cats rub against a person to "kill" other people's smells. The smell comes from the glands that are located between the eye and ear and at the base of the tail.

Have you tried feeding your cat cold foods? Most cats prefer food at room temperature, and will refuse foods that are too cold or too hot.

Give the cat water at least once a day. If she refuses water, it is possible that she feels the smell of chlorine or other impurities in the water. Many cats are picky and can spill bad water from a bottle, just like a human.

Do not put the cat on a vegetarian diet. Cats need protein to live normally.

Never feed a cat dog food. The need of cats for proteins is five times greater than that of dogs.
Cats are the laziest mammals. They sleep 16 hours a day. A seven-year-old cat was awake only for two years of life! At the same time, deep sleep takes only 2.5 hours. A cat goes from wakefulness to sleep faster than almost all other animals

Cats are more active in the evening.

Cats, when not sleeping, take care of themselves 30% of the time.

The cat easily jumps to a height five times its height.

If the cat's ribs are not palpable, then she is too fat.