Friday, May 25, 2007

Cat Facts

• Ailurophilia is the "love of cats."
• A cat's heart beats twice as fast as a human heart, at 110 to 140 beats per minute.
• Never pick a kitten or a cat up by the scruff of its neck; only mother cats can do this safely with their kittens.
• More than 35,000 kittens are born in the U.S. each year!
• Cats have 290 bones in their bodies and 517 muscles.
• Sir Isaac Newton, discoverer of the principles of gravity, also invented the cat door.
• By going here you can tell your cat's age.
• A cat will amost never "meow" at another cat. This sound is reserved for humans.
• The oldest cat on record was Puss, from England, who died in 1939 just one day after her 36th birthday.
• Kittens begin dreaming at just over one week old.
• Cats hate citrus scents. Spray lemon or orange juice over areas you do not want your cat to scratch.
• A group of kittens is called a "kindle." But a group of grown cats is called a "clowder."
• Cats are the sleepiest of all mammals. They spend 16 hours of each day sleeping. With that in mind, a seven year old cat has only been awake for two years of its life!
  

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