Unique Facts About Cats

1. Ancient Egyptian society are the ones who first realized the potential of the cat as a mouser. They are tame and keep the cat to protect corn fields and warehouses.
2. Sir Isaac Newton's famous not only because of the discovery of the laws of gravity, but also the discovery of a special cat doors are common on the door of the house (cat flap).

3. A cat has more bones than humans. Humans have 206 bones, whereas cat 230 pieces.

4. The cat is much more sensitive hearing than humans and dogs.

5. Cats used to keep keseimbangaan, especially while jumping or running.

6. Vision capabilities cat in the dark / night, six times better than humans.

7. Cats eat grass in order to improve digestion and help remove the swallowed hair and accumulate in the stomach.

8. A healthy cat has a body temperature of 38 - 39.5 o C.

9. Female cats are sexually mature at the age of 6-10 months, while the male cat at the age of 9 -12 months.

10. Female cats are pregnant / pregnant for 9 weeks, approximately 62-65 days.

11. The average number of kittens born in the tail is 2-6.

12. Ailurofilia is a term that is often aimed at the mania / excessive cat lover.

13. Cats purr (purring) does not necessarily indicate that the cat in comfortable circumstances. Cats will also do a similar thing and harder when under stress or in pain

14. All cats need taurine in the diet to prevent blindness. Cats also need to consume large amounts of fat in the diet because it can not produce its own fat.

15. In America and Britain, more cats are kept as pets than dogs. 1/3-nya exists at least about at least 2 cats ..

16. When a cat rubbing its body to the legs or your body, he is marking you with scent and declare you as the owner.

17. Approximately 37% of American homes have at least one cat tail.

18. Milk can cause diarrhea in some cats

19. The average age of cats that live outside the house about 3-5 years, while living in the home can reach the age of 16 years or longer.

20. The average time a cat to sleep about 16 hours

21. A domestic cat can run at speeds of 48 km / h

22. The life expectancy of cats grew twice as long as 15 years

23. Cats front legs have five fingers and four fingers on the back foot. Cats born with 6 or 7 fingers on the front foot and fingers on the back foot addition called polidaktil.

24. Adult cats have 30 teeth, 16 pieces in the upper jaw and 14 in the lower jaw.

25. There are about 9600 hairs per cm2 of skin upper and about 19 200 hairs per cm2 of skin below.

26. The first cats contest officially recorded, held at Crystal Palace, England, in 1871.

27. Most Popular Cat races
(Based on the cat which is registered in Faciers Cat Association in 2006):
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A. Persian
2. Maine Coon
3. Exotic
4. Siamese
5. Ragdoll
6. Abyssinian
7. Birman
8. American Shorthair
9. Oriental
10. Sphynx
11. Norwegian Forest Cat
12. British Shorthair
13. Cornish Rex
14. Devon Rex
15. Tonkinese
16. Burmese
17. Ocicat
18. Scottish Fold
19. Russian Blue
20. Egyptian Mau
21. Somali
22. American Curl
23. Manx
24. Japanese Bobtail
25. Colorpoint Shorthair
26. Turkish Angora
27. Selkirk Rex
28. Siberian
29. European Burmese
30. Chartreux
31. American Bobtail
32. Ragamuffin
33. Turkish Van
34. Bombay
35. Korat
36. Singapore
37. Balinese
38. Javanese
39. Havana Brown
40. American Wirehair
41. LaPerm
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28. Estimated population of cats in the world (2002)
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A. USA: 76.43 million head
2. China: 53.1 million head
3. Russia: 12.7 million head
4. Brazil: 12.466 million head
5. France: 9.6 million tail
6. Italy: 9.4 million tail
7. UK: 7.7 million tail
8. Ukraine: 7.35 million head
9. Japan: 7.3 million tail
10.Jerman: 7 million tail
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29. In 2000, approximately 1813 cats are used as laboratory animals in the UK.

30. At least the spending money of U.S. $ 1.5 billion every year to buy cat food and $ 200 million to buy the sand cat (litter)

31. At least approximately 15 118 cats each year die / be involved in various accidents.

32. There are an estimated 60 million stray cats living on the streets of America.

33. Cats first contest was held in Winchester England in 1859. diperlombakan category is the best mouser.

34. Cats sleep about 16 hours of sleep per day, so 2/3 the time of his life passed in a dream.

35. The oldest historical objects relating to the cat is a small statue of a woman was holding a cat-shaped. The statue was found in Hacilar, neolithic site located in Turkey. The sculpture is estimated to more than 7000 years old.

36. Most in a single kitten births totaled 19 individuals (14 females, one male, the remaining four died). The mother cat named tarawood Antigone, a brown burmese cat 4 years old. The cat's owner called Mrs. Valerie Gane of Oxfordshire, England. Aanak cats were born by Caesarean section on August 7, 1970.

37. Cat's tongue can not feel because of lack of sensory nerves of taste on the tongue. Humans have about 9000 taste nerve sensors in the tongue, while a cat has only 473 pieces. Cat's appetite especially influenced by smell rather than taste the food.

38. The first Siamese cat who came to America legally is the gift of the Consulate Bangkok for President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878.

39. The record is held by the heaviest domestic cat Himmy. Owner named Thomas Vyse of Queensland, Australia. Weighing up to 46 lb oz or about 20 Kg. Himmy die when the age of 10 years in 1986.

40. In 1976 a mysterious cat in Hong Kong killed more than 20 dogs. Based on the testimony of local residents long cat is about 4 feet (1.2 m) and the gray, black. The cat could not catch them.

41. A female cat named Dusty of Bonham, Texas is mentioned as the most prolific cat. In 1952 Dusty has given birth to 420 kittens.

42. Record holder for cats falling from high places is a cat named Andy. The owner is a Senator from Florida named Ken Myer. In 1970, the cat fell from a 16th floor apartment and survived.

43. Nedjem (meaning sweet or pleasant) is the first name given to a cat. Relic known from King Tutmosis III (1479 BC - 1425 BC).

44. The oldest cat was born in 1903 and died in 1939 (age 36 years). And colored tabby cat named Puss.

45. A cat named Hamlet escaped from his cage in a flight over the Atlantic ocean and trapped in the plane. The new Hamlet was found 7 days later after traveling by plane as far as 600.000 miles.

46. 84% of cats that are kept in the U.S., has been emasculated or disterilized (taken or uterus and ovaries).

47. however, he would throw the cat in the fall with terllebih foot hits the ground first and the lowest is still able to throw him down with his feet if the cat is in crashed right at the height of the cat's standing (normal up to 4 feet)