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- Puss, a cat from England, lived to be 36 in human years, the oldest cat on record.
- Cats knead with their paws when they're happy.
- A cat will amost never "meow" at another cat. This sound is reserved for humans.
- "Sociable" cats will follow you from room to room to monitor your activities throughout the day. The more cats are spoken to, the more they will speak to you.
- Cats spend 30% of their waking hours grooming themselves.
- A cat has 230 bones in its body. A human has only 206 bones.
- A cat sees about six times better than a human at night because of the tapetum lucidum, a layer of extra reflecting cells which absorb light.
- A cat’s hearing rates is one of the top in the animal kingdom. Cats can hear sounds as high-pitched as 65 kHz; a human's hearing stops at just 20 kHz.
- Cats have about 100 different vocalization sounds. In comparison, dogs only have about 10!
- Cat lovers are called “ailurophiles” (i-loor'?-fils'). This word comes from the ancient Greek language.
Facts found on i-pets.com
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