A few facts about Cats
Did you know that some cats shed twice a year and some cats shed all year around?
- Unlike dogs, cats do not have a sweet tooth. Scientists believe this is due to a mutation in a key taste receptor.
- Cats make about 100 different sounds. Dogs make only about 10
- A cat can’t climb head first down a tree because every claw on a cat’s paw points the same way. To get down from a tree, a cat must back down.
- While it is commonly thought that the ancient Egyptians were the first to domesticate cats, the oldest known pet cat was recently found in a 9,500-year-old grave on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. This grave predates early Egyptian art depicting cats by 4,000 years or more.
- Most cats give birth to a litter of between one and nine kittens. The largest known litter ever produced was 19 kittens, of which 15 survived.
- A cat’s brain is biologically more similar to a human brain than it is to a dog’s. Both humans and cats have identical regions in their brains that are responsible for emotions.
- Cats should have two meals a day and they really should be mainly canned food or meat. A cat can eat and eat dry food, and never become satisfied because the food lacks the nutrients his body requires.
- A cat’s heart beats nearly twice as fast as a human heart, at 110 to 140 beats a minute.
