41 interesting facts about cats!

1. Cats have 230 bones, a whopping 24 more bones than humans.

2. Frequently cats stare with their mouth hanging open because they
have an extra organ that tastes scents in the air.
3. Cats have rough tongues that can clean all the meat off of a bone.
(Of course, don’t feed bones to your pets because they can splinter.)
4. Cats use their long tails for balance which is why they sometimes
display such impressive acrobatics.
5. Cats use their whiskers to navigate through the world. They use them
to help determine if they can fit in a small space because their
whiskers are approximately the same width as their body. This is why
you shouldn’t cut your cat’s whiskers.
6. Cats move with their right feet and then their left feet. The only other
animals that walk this way are camels and giraffes.
7. Some cats can swim.
8. Cats usually sleep for 12-16 hours per day.
9. Cats prefer to have a litter box for themselves so have one for each
of your kitties.
10. Catnip produces an effect in cats that is similar to LSD or marijuana
in humans.
11. Kittens should ideally be spayed or neutered between 8 weeks and 5
months of age.
12. Cat’s share 95.6 percent of their genome with tigers and
demonstrate several of the same behaviors.
13. Indoor cats live longer than outdoor cats.
14. Neutered and spayed cats live longer than unaltered cats.
15. Grooming themselves helps cats relax, stimulate their blood
flow and regulate their body temperature.
16. Cats should never eat raisins, grapes or alliums like onions,
garlic, chives and leeks.
17. Cats with a question mark-shaped tail are feeling playful.
18. A straight vibrating tail indicates that your cat is happy to see
you.
19. A cat batting you with paws (and not claws) is playing and not
attacking.
20. One litter of kittens can have multiple fathers.
21. Cats dream while they sleep.
22. Cats can be toilet-trained.
23. A group of kittens is called a “kindle.”
 24. White cats with blue eyes are more likely to be deaf.
25. About 200 feral cats live at Disneyland.
26. The first cat video was recorded in 1894.
27. Approximately 700 million feral cats live in the United States.
28. The United States contains about 88 million pet cats, making
them the most popular pet in the nation.
29. Normal cats have 18 toes – five on each front paw and four on
each back paw.
30. Cats with extra toes are called “polydactyl” cats or “Hemingway” cats.
31. A group of cats can be called a “clowder,” “clutter,” “glaring” and
“pounce.”
32. Rumor has it that Bill Clinton’s cat, Socks, received more letters
than the President himself.
33. Abraham Lincoln had four pet cats that stayed with him at the
White House.
34. A green cat was born in Denmark in 1995.
35. A cat attacking your ankles might be an indication that they are
bored.
36. Cats like to groom other cats and humans. This is called
allogrooming.
37. Unlike dogs, beware a cat that is wagging their tail!
38. Cats’ collar bones don’t connect to the rest of their skeleton and
are instead buried in their shoulder muscles.
39. Active cats sleep better at night.
40. Cats have as many as 100 different vocalizations while dogs
only have 10.
41. Hissing is a sign of fear, stress or discomfort – not of
aggression.
Reference:

https://www.foundanimals.org/cat-trivia-41-cat-facts-national-trivia-day/