http://www.petsgroomingtips.com/ You spend hours with them every day. They’re adorable, cuddly, funny, soft. At times they can be infuriating, but you love them anyway. Every feline has peculiarities and idiosyncrasies, but domestic cats also have a lot in common… and some of these generalities, you might not be aware of.

1. Amazing Fact About Cats

2. Cats can drink seawater.
Fact #1

3. But they can’t taste
sweet things.
Fact #2

4. Some cats have thumbs.
Fact #3

5. But that’s exactly what
cat with thumbs would
want us to think.
Fact #4

6. The furry tufts on the
inside of cats’ ears are
called “ear furnishings”.
Fact #5

7. Cats can hear
dolphins. Theoretically.
Fact #6

8. The ridged pattern on cat’s
nose is as unique as a
human fingerprint.
Fact #7

9. But cats can’t see directly
below their noses. That’s
why they miss food that’s
right in front of them.
Fact #8

10. Isaac Newton invented the
cat flap after his own cat,
Spithead, kept opening
the door and spoiling his
light experiments.
Fact #9

11. Nikola Tesla was inspired
to investigate
electricity after his cat,
Macak, gave him a
static shock.
Fact #10

12. Kittens start to dream
when they’re about a
week old.
Fact #11

13. Kittens sleep a lot
because their
bodies release a
growth hormone only
when they’re asleep.
Fact #12

14. Adult cats don’t release
any particular key
hormones during sleep.
They just snooze all
day because they can.
Fact #13

15. In fact, cats sleep so much
that, by the time a cat is
9 years old, it will only
have been awake
for three years of its life.
Fact #14

16. By neutering a cat,
you add about two to
three years to its life.
Fact #15

17. Most female cats are right-
pawed & most male cats
favour their left paws.
Fact #16

18. A female cat is called a
“molly” or a “queen”.
Fact #17

19. Male cats are called
“toms”.
Fact #18

20. Cats sweat through the
pads of their paws.
Fact #19

21. Cats have a third eyelid
called a “haw”. It’s
generally only visible
when they’re unwell.
Fact #20

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