100 Purr-fectly Delightful Facts About Cats

Ready to discover all the wonderful facts about cats about your favorite furry friends? These purr-fectly delightful cat facts will help you become a cat expert in no time. You will learn so many fascinating and interesting facts with this list!

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Did you know that cats are one of the best hunting animals? It’s true thanks to their agility and stealthy hunting skills, they are quite the hunters. Not only that but they have some of the most unique communication methods as well. Get ready to be amazed with these cat facts and more with this list of fun cat facts.

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100 Facts about cats

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Cats can turn their ears 180 degrees.
Cats hearing is at least 5 times longer than an adult.
Domesticated cats spend about 70% of their day sleeping.
A cat is unable to see directly under its nose.
It is possible for cats to be allergic to humans.

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Male cats are called a Tom
Female cats are a Molly.
A female cat that is pregnant with kittens is called a Queen.
Cats have a righting reflex which helps them to land on their feet.
The name for a group of wild cats is called “a destruction of cats.”

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A collection of regular house cats is called “a clowder of cats.”
A group of kittens is called “a litter of kittens”
Petting a cat has been proven to lower stress levels.
Cats help humans from feeling lonely.
It has been suggested that cats sometimes purr when they are injured and it helps their body heal faster.

Cats are often lactose intolerant.
Cat brains are 90% similar to humans.
Felicette is the first cat known to take a trip to space.
The record for the most kittens born in the same litter is 19
The oldest cat known to give birth was 30 years old.

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Worldwide, there are about 60 different recognized breeds of cats.
Cats sleep almost 15 hours per day.
Kittens require more sleep than older cats.
Cats are known to have more toes on their front paws than their back toes.
Cats can have 18 toes, they have 5 on their front and 4 on their back paws.

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Cats are not able to detect sweet things.
When you neuter your cat, its life expectancy increases by 625.
Cats use extraordinary night vision to hunt at night.
House cats can run about 30 miles per hour.
The hair inside a cats hear is called ear furnishings.

Cats have a dominant paw. Female cats prefer to use their right paw and male cats use their left.
Cats are known to have an extra eyelid, but not eyelashes.
Cats are known to be extreme germaphobes.
Cats can spend between 30 – 50 % of their day cleaning themselves.
The oldest domestic cat breed is called Egyptian Mau.

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Cats will only meow to their humans. They do not meow to each other.
A cat’s spine has 53 loose bones in it.
Cat’s do not chew their food, they tear and swallow it.
A cat has built in night vision.
Catnip is like heroin without the side effects of addiction.

Cats are crepuscular which means they are active at dusk and dawn.
Cats have an extremely attuned sense of smell.
Cats can jump 5 times their own height.
Cats are known to have 32 muscles in each of their ears.
A cats whiskers help them get around at night. They allow the cat to detect and respond to changes in their surroundings.

Cats have whiskers on the back of their front legs.
A female cat can become pregnant as young as 4 to 6 months of age.
Cats make about 100 different sounds.
You can make a coat with 24 cats skins.
A cat cannot climb head first down a tree because every claw on a cat’s paw points the same way.

A group of cats is called a clowder.
A cat’s hairball is called a bezoar.
Cat’s hate water because their fur does not insulate well when it’s wet.
A cat usually has 12 whiskers on each side of its face.
Cats have the ability to find their way home called “psi-traveling.”

Cats do not meow, but will spit, purr, and hiss at other cats.
Cats have about 130,000 hairs per square inch.
A cat has 230 bones in its body.
A cat does not have a collarbone, this helps it fit through any opening the size of its head.
Cats have 32 muscles that control their outer ear.

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Cat’s heart beats nearly twice as fast as human heart (110 – 140 beats a minute).
Grown cats have 30 teeth, kittens have about 26 temporary teeth.
Cats are extremely sensitive to vibrations. They can detect earthquake tremors 10 to 15 minutes before humans can.
There are 60 million feral cats in the US.
Rome has more homeless cats per square mile than any other city in the world.

A cat’s claws on their back paws are not as sharp as the claws on their front claws.
A cat’s pulse is between 130 to 240 beats per minute.
A cat’s gestation is between 61 – 70 days.
Cat’s sweat through their paws.
Cat’s have existed longer than humans.

Cat’s walk in what is described as a “direct register” which means their hind foot lands in the same spot as the front foot was.
Cat urine will glow when placed under the black light. .
The ridged pattern on a cat’s nose pad is as individual as a human fingerprint.
Cat’s can move each ear independently.
Cat’s walk on their toes.

Cat’s use their paws to hold their prey, they use their teeth to kill it.
Male cats have a bone in their penis called baculum.
More cats are adopted than dogs.
Cats are amazing hunters who can see clearly in complete darkness.
Housecats share almost 96% of their DNA with wild tigers.

Cats live long lives, some live longer than 20 years.
A cat ran for Mayor of Mexico City in 2013
Ginger tabby cats sometimes have freckles around their mouth and on their eyelids.
Cats can jump up to 8 feet in a single bound.
A cat’s smell is their strongest sense.

Cat’s rely on smell to identify people and objects.
Cats will work to avoid other cats in order to prevent a confrontation.
When a cat grimaces, they are usually “taste-scenting.” they have an extra organ that allows the cats to tase-sense the air.
Cats were associated with witchcraft during the middle ages.
A cat’s purr can be a sign of nervousness and contentment.

Cat’s recognize individual voices.
A cat’s brain is 90% similar to humans.
Cats have a section of their brain, that controls emotion that nearly identical to humans.
Even cats without a tail have a righting reflex.
Cat’s have longer-term memory compared to dogs.

Cats spend up to 50% of their waking hours grooming themselves.
Kittens have 26 temporary teeth,
Kittens are baby cats that are typically born in litters of 1 to 9 kittens.
Cats are one of the most popular pets in the world
A kitten’s adult eye color begins to develop at around 6-7 weeks old

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100 Purr-fectly Delightful Facts About Cats

100 Facts about cats

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