Seville Animal Hospital

Bert & Teeter’s Feline Fun Facts

Did you know?

One out of every 10 cats never find a permanent, loving home!
One unaltered female cat and her offspring can produce 420,000 cats in 6 years!
A cat's sense of smell is fourteen times stronger than a human's!
A cat's brain is more similiar to a man's brain than that of a dog!
Both humans and cats have identical regions in the brain responsible for emotion!
Florence Nightingale owned more than sixty cats in her lifetime!
Cats respond better to women than to men, probably due to the fact that women's voices have a higher pitch!
If your cat snores or rolls over on his back to expose his belly, it means he trusts you!
It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's bloodpressure!
Cats purr at the same frequency as an idling diesel engine... about 26 cycles per second!
The domestic cat is the only species able to hold its tail vertically while walking. Wild cats hold their tail horizontally or tucked between their legs while walking!
Cats respond more readily to names that end in an vowel sound!
If a cat is frightened, put your hand over its eyes and forehead or let him bury his head in your armpit to help calm him!
Most every cat responds to the effects of catnip. If the cat doesn‚t have a specific gene, it won‚t react. About 80% of cats DO have the gene, and enjoy catnip, which is purrrrrfectly safe and non-addictive!
Cats with long, lean bodies are more likely to be outgoing and more protective and vocal than those with a stocky build!
A cat can jump FIVE TIMES as high as it is tall!
Cats lose almost as much fluid in saliva while grooming themselves as they do through urination!
A cat will spend nearly 30% of her life grooming herself!
Besides their noses, cats can smell with something called the "Jacobson's organ," located in the upper surface of their mouths. This is what cats are using when they scrunch up their eyes and open their mouths after sniffing something intently!
Cats have 244 bones in their bodies! (About 40 more than humans!)
Cats have 32 muscles in each ear!
Cats only sweat from the pads of their paws; ever notice how wet the exam room table gets when you take him to the vet?
Cats aren't hunters by nature; their mothers teach them to hunt!
Female cats reach adulthood in as little as 5 months, but male cats can take 9 months to a year to reach adulthood. Most breeds of cats have reached their full growth by 2 year of age!
To drink a cat laps liquid from the underside of its tongue, rather than the top!
Cats are said to see color. Studies have been able to prove that cats can distinguish between red and green; red and blue; red and gray; green and blue; green and gray; blue and gray; yellow and blue; and yellow and gray!
The bottom 2 rows of whiskers on a cat can move independently of the top 2 rows!
Whiskers tell a cat whether the space they are entering is big enough for it!
The oldest cat on record was a female tabby that lived to be 34 years old!
Cats have about 100 different vocalization sounds. In comparison, dogs have about 10!
The largest litter of kittens on record is 19!!!
Cats can purr to express pain or fear in addition to expressing pleasure. Female cats often purr when they are in labor, as well as when they are nursing their kittens!

The above "fun facts" have been collected over many years. Bert and Teeter have finally given us a place to display them.

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