Fun facts about cat

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FACTS
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#1 ANCIENT EGYPTIANS SHAVED OFF THEIR
EYEBROWS TO MOURN THE DEATH OF THEIR
CATS. AND KILLING A CAT, EVEN ACCIDENTALLY,
INCURRED THE DEATH PENALTY.


#2 USA, CHINA
AND RUSSIA
ARE TOP 3
COUNTRIES WITH
MOST PET CATS
POPULATION
IN THE WORLD.


#3 SOME CATS
HAVE SURVIVED
FALLS FROM OVER
320 METERS ONTO
CONCRETE, DUE
LARGELY TO
THEIR “RIGHTING
REFLEX”

#4
CATS
CAN’T

TASTE
SWEETNESS


#5 CATS CAN GET
SICK OR DIE
FROM EATING
CHOCOLATE.


#6 A CAT'S
TAIL CONTAINS

NEARLY
10% OF ALL
THE BONES
IN ITS BODY.


#7 CATS HAVE
32 MUSCLES
THAT CONTROL
THE OUTER
EAR WHILE
HUMANS HAVE
ONLY 6

#8 CATS
SLEEP
FOR 70%

OF THEIR LIVES


#9 CAT KIDNEYS
ARE SO EFFICIENT
THEY CAN REHYDRATE
BY DRINKING SEAWATER.


#10 CATS SWEAT THROUGH
THEIR PAWS.


#11 CATS CAN
SWALLOW AND
DIGEST THEIR
FOOD WITHOUT
CHEWING IT.


#12 CATS CAN'T SEE
DIRECTLY BELOW THEIR NOSES.

#13 CATS
HAVE +100
SOUNDS IN
THEIR VOCAL
REPERTOIRE,
WHILE DOGS
HAVE ONLY 10.


#14 ADULT CATS ONLY
MEOW TO COMMUNICATE
WITH HUMANS.
CATS RECOGNIZE
OWNERS' VOICES BUT
SEEM TOO COOL TO CARE,
ACCORDING TO A STUDY.


#15
A FINGERPRINT
 IS TO A
HUMAN AS
A NOSE IS TO
A CAT.


#16 RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT
DOMESTIC CATS NEVER FORGIVE. THEY
FAIL TO SHOW SIGNS OF RECONCILIATION
LIKE OTHER ANIMALS DO.

#17 CATS CAN DREAM.
THEY PRODUCE THE SAME
BRAIN WAVE PATTERNS
THAT WE DO WHEN WE
DREAM.


#18 A CAT HAS
BEEN THE
MAYOR OF
TALKEETNA
ALASKA FOR 15
YEARS


#19 THE CIA SPENT
20 MILLIONS USD IN
THE 60S TRAINING
CATS TO SPY ON
THE SOVIETS. THE
FIRST SPY CAT WAS
HIT BY A TAXI.


#20 BLACK
CATS ARE
CONSIDERED TO
BRING GOOD

LUCK IN JAPAN


#21 OWNING A CAT
CAN REDUCE THE
RISK OF HEART
ATTACKS AND
STROKES BY MORE
THAN A THIRD,
RESEARCHERS
FOUND.



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