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Halloween and cats go hand in hand and you may be surprised to know a few facts about cats. Beware when trick or treating; you never know where a cat may be lurking!<\/p>\nHalloween and cats go hand in hand and you may be surprised to know a few facts about cats. Beware when trick or treating; you never know where a cat may be lurking!<\/p>\n
1. Ever wonder why a cat sees in pitch-black dark? It’s because their eyes take light in and reflect if back out … like a flashlight!<\/p>\n
2. Did you know that a cat’s whiskers could detect even the tiniest of creatures? A cat can detect any kind of movement up to 2000 times smaller than the width of the hair on your head<\/p>\n
3. Ever wondered why cats constantly lick themselves clean after eating? A cat has natural instincts derived from the wild and this instinct tells them to wash away food scent to keep predators at bay.
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\n4. Know how to tell when a cat is happy? That’s easy, they just squeeze their eyes closed.<\/p>\n
5. Did you know that cats might have lived on earth 12 million years ago? A fossilized record similar to today’s cats suggests they did.<\/p>\n
6. Have you ever wondered how many cat breeds there are? There are more than 100!<\/p>\n
7. Did you know that the light displayed from your television could make your cat shed fur?<\/p>\n
8. Cats purr at the same rate of a diesel engine, 26 cycles per minute.<\/p>\n
9. Did you know that dogs have more teeth than cats, a dog has 42 and a cat has only 30?<\/p>\n
10. Ever wonder what makes some people allergic to cats? It’s a protein in cats saliva people are allergic to and when a cat licks their fur, it can get in the air and cause lots of aaaaachoo’s!<\/p>\n
11. Did you know that a cat breathes in anywhere from 20-40 times a minute depending on their health.<\/p>\n
12. A cat’s heart beats twice as fast as a human.<\/p>\n
13. Did you know that a cat can jump anywhere from five to seven times it’s own height?<\/p>\n
14. Do you know who invented the famous “kitty door”? It was Sir Isaac Newton.<\/p>\n
15. American’s spend lots of money on cat food every year; in fact they spend more on cat food than on baby food!<\/p>\n
16. Do people talk to cats? 95% of cat owners say they talk to their kitty cat.<\/p>\n
17. Just like humans are either right handed or left handed, cats are too.<\/p>\n
18. I bet you’ve never saw a cat sweat! They don’t have sweat glands.<\/p>\n
19. Did you know that a cat cannot move their jaw from side to side!<\/p>\n
20. Do you know what a polecat looks like? It’s a European weasel and not any kind of cat at all!<\/p>\n
21. In America a black cat is considered bad luck, did you know that a black cat is good luck in Asia and England?<\/p>\n
22. Cats sleep more than any other mammal! The average is about sixteen hours … a day!<\/p>\n
23. Did you know that cats like female humans better than male humans? Researchers believe its because women have a higher pitch voice then men.<\/p>\n
24. Cats caused the black plague! People believed cats were associated with witchery, they locked all the cats away and rats took over, spreading the disease!<\/p>\n
25. Did you know that the famous author Ernest Hemingway was a cat lover? Hemingway had more than thirty cats at his home in Havana.<\/p>\n
26. Rags to riches! Morris, the famous “9-Lives” poster kitty was actually discovered at an animal shelter in New England.<\/p>\n
27. Did you know that even Nostradamus had a cat? His name was Grimalkin!<\/p>\n
28. Do you know how to discourage a cat from scratching up furniture? Rub it down with orange or lemon rinds because cats hate them!<\/p>\n
29. Could you be killed for killing a cat? If you killed a cat 4000 years ago in Egypt, yep!<\/p>\n
30. Do you know the correct terminology of a cat lover and a cat hater? A cat lover is called an “ailurophile” and a cat hater is called an “ailurophobe”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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