About Cats

About Cats

Sure you know that cats are fascinating animals, we invite you to surprise even some interesting facts about cats:

Cats can not perceive sweet tastes.

The cat’s tongue consists of small “hooks” that they are useful for catching and tearing the food.

Americans annually spend more money on cat food than baby food.

Aspirin is toxic to cats.

A cat can hear sounds about two octaves higher than humans.

In Asia, and the United Kingdom, black cats are considered a symbol of good luck.

Cats have five toes on each of his forelegs, and only four in the rear.

If a cat falls from seventh floor has about 30% less likely to survive than if dropped from a twentieth floor. It is estimated that the cat takes in the fall, about eight floors to notice what is happening, relax and correct your posture to fall on their feet.

The cat has 32 muscles in each ear, running them as a kind of satellite dishes directed toward the source of sound.

The cat’s diet should contain some fat because your body does not produce it.

The record of heavyweights is held by a cat that weighed about 21 kilos.

The cat’s night vision is about six times better than men due to the tapetum lucidum, a structure composed of cells of the eye capable of acting as mirrors, magnifying the faintest glimmer of light.

Newborn babies have blue eyes. It takes several months until they reach their final color.

Most lack of tabs.

It was believed that the cat was unable to distinguish colors. However, recent studies show that they can see blue, green and red.

Abraham Lincoln was a great lover of cats. He had four during his stay in the White House.

Napoleon, however, was terrified of cats.

Legend has it that a cat fell asleep on the robe of the Buddha; it, not to bother you, cut the cloth around the cat and left without waking him.

The ancestor of the domestic cat is the African wildcat, a species still exists, but evolved, today.

The cat appeared on Earth before the dog and that most of the animals that have become home, but instead was one of the last to be tamed.

In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death. The cats were mummified, and small mice placed in their graves.

In the Middle Ages, cats were associated with witchcraft and were burned alive in the streets of the city.

Animals are the figures represented in prehistoric art. In spite of them, none represents the cat.

Only two representations of the figure of the cat have come to us from Roman art, both mosaics belonging to the Alexandrian school.

A cat has four rows of whiskers on each side of the face, when the animal is calm, remain side, while pulling back are arranged in a position to attack or defense.

The hum does not always mean peace. The cat also purrs when he is sick or scared, and says that he does to calm himself.

In addition to do with the nose, smell cats with an organ, called Jacobson’s, located on the roof of the mouth.

The cat’s jaw can not move laterally.

The cat’s nostrils are equipped with 19 million nerve endings, while the man have only 5 million.

Cats sleep 16 to 19 hours a day.

Cats can “vocalize” around a hundred different sounds, while dogs only ten.

A cat can jump a height seven times greater than their own.

The tail is a vital balance for the legendary cat functions as a pole in the hands of a tightrope walker.

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