Facts for Cats – Part 1

Here are some interesting facts for cats that not everyone knows.

1) While chasing their prey, cats hold their head in horisontal position at the same level, while dogs tilt theirs.

2) Every year about one million cats are being eaten in Asia.

3) The average cat sleeps about 16 hours a day. This means in 9 years a cat is awake 3 years only.

4) In contrast to dogs, cats do not like sweet things. The scientists believe that this is caused by taste buds mutation.

5) The cats have the best hearing out of all animals.

6) A cat born with one blue eye is usually deaf with the near ear.

7) Cats are real baby-making machines. Just a couple of cats and their kittens can have generation of 420 000 cats in 7 years.

8 ) Not only the fingerprints are unique. In the cat’s body the nose is also unique in every single individual.

9) In the world exist more than 500 million domestic cats, but only 40 cat breeds.

10 ) Cats make more than 100 different sounds, while the dogs only 10.

Part 2 coming soon…

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