No one can ever know too much about cats. Here are several interesting facts about cats that most people don't know:
1.The technical term for a cat's hairball is a "bezoar."
2. Cats make about 100 different sounds while dogs make only 10.
3.Every year, up to 4 million cats are eaten in Asia. Yikes!
4. Cats spend 2/3 of their lifetime sleeping.
5. A cat's brain is biologically similar to a human brain.
6. Approximately 1/3 of cat owners think their pets can read their mind.
7. The first cat in space was a french cat named Felicette in 1963, who survived the trip.
8. A cat's hearing is better than a dog's.
9. A cat can jump up to five times its own height.
10. Researchers are still unsure exactly how a cat purrs.
11. The largest known cat litter ever produced was 19 kittens; 15 survived.
12. The biggest wild cat today is the Siberian tiger.
13. In Britain and Australia, black cats are considered lucky, unlike here in the U.S.
14. Cats hate water because their fur does not insulate well when it's wet.
15. A cat usually has about 12 whiskers on each side of its face.
16. The ability of a cat to find its way home is called "psi-traveling."
17. A cat's jaw can't move sideways.
18. Cats almost never meow at other cats, only humans.
19. A cat lover is called an Ailurophilia.
20. One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
21. The oldest cat on record lived to be 38 years old.
22. A cat has no collarbone, so it can fit through any opening the size of its head.
23. A female cat is called a queen or a molly.
24. Cats spend 1/3 of their waking hours cleaning themselves.
25. Cat's are North America's most popular pets. Even more popular than dogs!
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