I saw another post and it reminded me of a website I go to. It is kinda neat
Here is the link, and here are some things that they have there.
http://www.hdw-inc.com/felinefun2.htm
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!
A cat's brain is more similar to a man's brain than that of a dog!
Both humans and cats have identical regions in the brain responsible for emotion!
Florence Nightingale owned more than 60 cats in her lifetime!
Cats respond better to women than to men, probably due to the fact that women's voices have a higher pitch!
If your cat snores, or rolls over on his back to expose his belly, it means he trusts you!
It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
Cats purr at the same frequency as an idling diesel engine...about 26 cycles per second!
The domestic cat is the only species able to hold its tail vertically while walking. Wild cats hold their tail horizontally, or tucked between their legs while walking!
Cats respond most readily to names that end in an "ee" sound!
If a cat is frightened, put your hand over its eyes and forehead, or let him bury his head in your armpit to help calm him!
Not every cat responds to the effects of catnip. If the cat doesn't have a specific gene, it won't react. About 80% of cats DO have the gene, and enjoy the effects of catnip, which is purr-fectly safe and non-addictive!
Cats with long, lean bodies are more likely to be outgoing, and more protective and vocal than those with a stocky build!
A cat can jump FIVE TIMES as high as it is tall!
Cats lose almost as much fluid in the saliva while grooming themselves as they do through urination!
A cat will spend nearly 30% of her life grooming herself!
The Pilgrims were the first to introduce cats to North America!
The first breeding pair of Siamese cats arrived in England in 1884!
The first formal cat show was held in England in 1871; in America, in 1895!
The Maine Coon cat is America's only "natural" breed of domestic feline. It is FOUR TIMES larger than the Singapura (the smallest breed of cat)!
There are approximately 100 breeds of cats!
In relation to their body size, cats have the largest eyes of any mammal!
A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour!
The heaviest cat on record weighed 46 pounds!
Cats step with both left legs, then both right legs when they walk or run!
The cat's front paws have 5 toes, but the back paws have 4. Some cats are born with as many as 7 front toes and even extra back toes (called polydactyl)!
Cats walk on their toes!
If a cat is frightened, the hair stands up fairly evenly all over the body; when the cat threatens or is ready to attack, the hair stands up only in a narrow band along the spine and tail!
Cat families usually play best in even numbers. Cats and kittens should be acquired in pairs whenever possible!
Cats must have fat in their diet, because they can't produce it on their own!
Cat's urine glows under a black light!
Did you know that it was a phrase in a book written during the Dark Ages that gave rise to the idea that cats have nine lives? English author and satirist William Baldwin wrote in his book Beware the Cat , "It is permitted for a witch to take her cat's body nine times." During this time, as thousands of "witches" were cruelly burned at the stake, many an unfortunate cat accompanied them to their terrible deaths.
Another bizarre superstition regarding cats in the Middle Ages was that some Europeans believed that the cat had magical healing powers that could help humans. In fact, many European doctors gave a cat to people who were suspected of being insane, as a healing tool! Did those primitive physicians who wrote such "wise" prescriptions have secret or first-hand knowledge about the tranquil effect of cats on troubled souls? Today, we know this to be a scientific truth.
There was a prophet named Mohammed in the Middle East who so loved his cat (named Meuzza), that he always allowed her to sleep on his favorite robe. One day, when he was to leave immediately on an urgent errand, Mohammed found Meuzza sleeping soundly upon the sleeve of the garment, and rather than disturb her rest, he cut the sleeve off of his robe, put on what remained of his garment, and went on about his business and errand!
In Siam, and other exotic, far away places such as Indonesia, the cat was given special honors, and it was believed that the yearly agricultural climate depended solely upon the "whim" of the cat! The cat was so important in this region that she rode at the head of the royal procession in a splendid chariot celebrating the crowning of a new king. The hope was that the royal family would produce an abundant crop of heirs to the throne (just like the prolific cat)!
In some parts of the Old World, the cat was placed in the empty and waiting cradle of a newlywed couple in the belief she would quickly grant their wish for children. (The Pennsylvania Dutch still continue this time-honored custom today!)
The fear of the cat was so great in the early American colonies, that it was believed that evil consequences would strike down anyone who needlessly harmed a cat.
Other colonial superstitions regarding cats were that a person who kicked a cat was certain to develop rheumatism in that leg, and that a farmer who killed a cat could expect a mysterious illness to kill off his cattle. And, to snuff out even one of a cat's "nine lives" was to risk being haunted by that particular cat for the rest of the murderer's life.
Historians say that the number nine has been a mystical and religious symbol for centuries. The Christian faith is based upon God represented in a trinity; Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Nine is as trinity of trinities . The Nordic god Odin gave his female counterpart Freja absolute rule over nine worlds. The hour that Jesus Christ died upon the cross was believed to have been the ninth hour of that most sacred day.
Nine is an appropriate number to be associated with cats and their elevation to divinity in many societies. Add to this the fact that cats have a remarkable agility that lets them escape harm from falls that would have killed any other creature, and there is additional evidence to convince many people that the cat had indeed been granted additional lives. An Indian scribe named Bidpai first recorded mention of that notion more than three centuries before the birth of Christ.
Did you know that it was in the middle 1500's that women and cats were first linked together? A scholar named Heywood began writing down the popular expressions of his time, one of which was "A woman hath nine lives like a cat." And, soon after, women who gossiped about other women were then said to be making catty remarks about each other!
The two most popular names given to feline citizens of the United States are "Tiger" and "Samantha"!
The ancient Egyptians first referred to cats as mau , while the Syrians, from their neighboring empire, chose to call this new creature qato !
In the Danish and Dutch languages, the term kat was selected, and in France it became chat !
Cats are known as katze in German, and in Spanish and Italian, a cat is known as a gatto !
While the Russian alphabet makes their word for cat look strange to us, the pronunciation for cat is kot !
Cat people seem to use more imagination and creativity when choosing a name for their pet than do dog fanciers!
Famous mystery writer Raymond Chandler named his black Persian "Taki"!
The name of Pope Leo XII's treasured tabby was "Micetto"!
Do you know why George Burns, famous comedian, chose to call his cat companion of many years "Willie"? Explains Mr. Burns, "When you told the cat what to do, it was always a question of will he or won't he!!"
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