A cat's
sense of smell is 14 times stronger than a human's!
Besides
their noses, cats can smell with something called the "Jacobson's
organ", located in the upper surface of their mouths. This
is what cats are using when they scrunch up their eyes and open
their mouths after sniffing something intently!
Cats
have 244 bones in their bodies! (About 40 more than humans!)
Cats
have 32 muscles in each ear!
Cats
only sweat from the pads of their paws; ever notice how wet the
examination room table gets when you take your cat to the vet?
Cats
aren't hunters by nature; their mothers teach them to hunt!
Female
cats can reach adulthood in as little as five months, but male
cats can take nine months to a year to reach adulthood. Most breeds
of cats have reached their full growth by two years!
To drink,
a cat laps liquid from the underside of its tongue, rather than
the top!
Cats
are said to see color. Studies have been able to prove that cats
can distinguish between red and green; red and blue; red and gray;
green and blue; green and gray; blue and gray; yellow and blue,
and yellow and gray!
The
bottom two rows of whiskers on a cat can move independently of
the top two rows!
Whiskers
tell a cat whether the space they are entering is big enough for
it!
The
oldest cat on record was a female tabby that lived to be 34 years
old!
Cats
have about 100 different vocalization sounds. In comparison, dogs
have about 10!
The
largest litter of kittens on record is 19!!!
Cats
can purr to express pain or fear in addition to expressing pleasure.
Female cats often purr when they are in labor, as well as when
they are nursing their kittens!
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