- Cats will sleep around or about 16 hours per day!
- Outdoor cats are expected to live 3-5 years, while Indoor cats live up to 16!
- When a cat purrs, it is normally happy. However, sometimes the cat may purr when it is distressed.
- A litter of kittens varies between 2-5 kittens.
- A cat's tail is used to keep it's body balanced!
- A cat has a total of 230 bones in it's body.
- Cats can see up to 6 times better in the dark than humans!
- Some cats can run as fast as 30mph!
- Adult cats have 30 total teeth.
- Cats of the opposite sex tend to get along better when living together.
- A cat that is healthy normally has a temperature is about 102 degrees F.
- Cats tend to rub their heads on humans to mark territory.
- A cat that reaches 16 years old feels like an 80 year old human being.
- The gestation period for cats is between 63 and 65 days.
- Cats tend to reach sexual maturity between 4 and 10 months.
- Cats are ready to leave their mothers around 7 weeks old.
- A period of heat that a female cat goes through is normally 4 to 7 days.
- Cats clean themselves by licking themselves.
- Cats hearing is a lot more sensative than dogs and humans.
- Studies show that cats can see blues and grees.
- Cats have a total of 24 whiskers.
- A cat's tongue is covered by tiny barbs.
- A cat has 5 toes on it's font paws and 4 on its back ones.
- Cats take in between 20-40 breaths per minute.
- Cats walk on their toes.
- A baby born kitten weights in at about 3 ounces.
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