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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.
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Fact #1 Cats can drinkseawater.
Fact #2 But they can’t taste sweet things.
Fact #3 Some cats have thumbs.
Fact #4 But that’s exactly what cat with thumbs would want us to think.
Fact #5 The furry tufts on the inside of cats’ ears are called “ear furnishings”.
Fact #6 Cats can hear dolphins. Theoretically.
Fact #7 The ridged pattern on cat’s nose is as unique as a human fingerprint.
Fact #8 But cats can’t see directly below their noses. That’s why they miss food that’s right in front of them.
Fact #9 Isaac Newton invented the cat flap after his own cat, Spithead, kept opening the door and spoiling his light experiments.
Fact #10 Nikola Tesla was inspired to investigate electricity after his cat, Macak, gave him a static shock.
Fact #11 Kittens start to dream when they’re about a week old.
Fact #12 Kittens sleep a lot because their bodies release a growth hormone only when they’re asleep.
Fact #13 Adult cats don’t release any particular key hormones during sleep. They just snooze all day because they can.
Fact #14 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 #15 By neutering a cat, you add about two to three years to its life.
Fact #16 Most female cats are right-pawed & most male cats favour their left paws.
Fact #17 A female cat is called a “molly” or a “queen”.
Fact #18 Male cats are called “toms”.
Fact #19 Cats sweat through the pads of their paws.
Fact #20 Cats have a third eyelid called a “haw”. It’s generally only visible when they’re unwell.
