Have you ever looked at this weird fuzzy thing and thought "what are you?" well, thats what I'm here to tell you! The standard definition of a cat is "a small domesticated carnivorous mammal with soft fur, a short snout, and retractable claws. It is widely kept as a pet or for catching mice, and many breeds have been developed." but there is so much more than that. The standard definition only scratches the surface of cats. So here I am, I'm an avid cat fan and I am here to tell you everything you need to know and some things you don't. For starters, a fact that I find particularly amusing for some reason, your average every day house cat can beat Usain Bolt in a 200m dash! Look below for more fast facts about cats!
- Around half of cats respond to the smell of catnip, so if your fluff ball doesn't they are just the other half.
- Male cats are the most sensitive to catnip meanwhile kittens who are younger than 3 months old have no reaction whatsoever.
- They can also drink sea water to survive if they happen to find themselves in that situation. We do not have this ability. Do not test it out, it will fail miserably.
- Cats dream just like us.
- Their little murder mittens have also been responsible for the extinction of 33 species.
- White cats with blue eyes are more prone to deafness so consider that if your new cat is seemingly ignoring you.
- Cats are the most popular pet in the US with almost 88 million pet cats owned
- Ther are currently 700 million stray cats in the US. Thats around twice as many cats as there are humans! Everyone in the US could have 2 cats and there would still be stray cats
- The first known cat video was recorded in 1894, too bad Youtube wasn't invented until much later
- Cats can often be found in food stores as a fun, fluffy, and free form of pest control. At the end of the day the fluffy feline friend usually gets treats as their salary.
- Every cat has a unique nose print, just like humans all have a unique finger print. No two cat boops are alike!
- Cats just think of humans as big hairless cats
- Cats have 24 more bones than humans! We only have 206 and cats have 230. How they have 24 more bones than us in that small body will remain a mystery