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Fun Facts About Cats
The most popular pet in America is the cat. About 37% of American homes have at least one cat. For all of the homeless cats in America to have a home, every American would need to adopt 8 cats. Cats were first domesticated in ancient Egypt. Phoenician cargo ships brought the first domestic cats to Europe. The pilgrims brought the first domestic cats to America. The oldest known cat lived in England and died at the age of 36. The fattest known cat weighed 45 pounds. Napoleon was terrified of cats. Kitty litter was invented in 1947 by Edward Lowe. A cat can see 6 times better than a person can in the dark. A cat’s sense of smell is 14 times stronger than a person’s. Cats can smell through their mouths as well as their noses, through a special organ called the Jacobson’s organ. That’s why cats sometimes make a funny face with their mouths open while sniffing something. A cat can run up to 31 miles per hour. A cat has 23 bones in its tail. This is 10% of all the bones in its body. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. The transparent third eyelid of a cat is called a haw. A polydactyl cat has extra toes on its feet. Ernest Hemingway bred cats like this, and had more than 60 of them. An anurous cat is a cat with no tail. The average lifespan of an indoor cat is 14-16 years. Cats cannot sweat, because they have no sweat glands. A cat spends about 65% of its time sleeping. A cat spends about 30% of its time grooming itself.
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