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Facts About Cats (˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶) .ᐟ.ᐟ
These are some facts about Cats that you probably didn't know, these facts might be fun, scary, or even blow your mind.
- They spend most of their lives sleeping.
- Unlike dogs, cats do not have a sweet tooth. Scientists believe this is due to a mutation in a key taste receptor.
- A cat can travel at a top speed of approximately 31 mph (49 km) over a short distance.
- A cat rubs against people not only to be affectionate but also to mark out its territory with scent glands around its face. The tail area and paws also carry the cat’s scent.
- Approximately 24 cat skins can make a coat.
- A group of cats is called a “clowder.”
- The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
- The group of words associated with cat (catt, cath, chat, katze) stem from the Latin catus, meaning domestic cat, as opposed to feles, or wild cat.
- Mohammed loved cats and reportedly his favorite cat, Muezza, was a tabby. Legend says that tabby cats have an “M” for Mohammed on top of their heads because Mohammad would often rest his hand on the cat’s head.
- While many parts of Europe and North America consider the black cat a sign of bad luck, in Britain and Australia, black cats are considered lucky.
- A cat can jump up to five times its own height in a single bound.
- A cat usually has about 12 whiskers on each side of its face.
- A cat’s jaw can’t move sideways, so a cat can’t chew large chunks of food.
- The oldest cat on record was Crème Puff from Austin, Texas, who lived from 1967 to August 6, 2005, three days after her 38th birthday. A cat typically can live up to 20 years, which is equivalent to about 96 human years.