Reasons Why Cats Rule
Wacky Fact #1:
Cats have 32 muscles that control their outer ear (humans have six).
These abundant muscles enable them to move their ears like radar dishes
and pinpoint the source of a sound, rotate them independently 180 degrees,
and turn in the direction of sound 10 times faster than those of the
Wacky Fact #2:
In relation to their body size, cats have the largest eyes of any mammal.
Most cats do not have eyelashes.
Wacky Fact #3:
Protruding eyes give cats a wider angle of vision and greater peripheral
vision than humans have. A cat's field of vision is about 185 degrees.
However, a cat cannot see directly under its nose. This is why cats can't
sem to find treats and crumbs on the floor.
Wacky Fact #4:
A large majority of white cats with blue eyes are deaf. White cats with
only one blue eye are deaf only in the ear closest to the blue eye.
Wacky Fact #5:
Cats have 250 bones in his body, compared to 206 in our bodies. This
is why they can bend and twist better than acrobats. Almost 10 percent
of a cat's bones are in her tail, and the domestic cat is the only species
able to hold its tail vertically while walking.
Wacky Fact #6:
Cats use more than 500 muscles to leap, jump, and sprint. Their thigh
muscles are so powerful that if you had them, your thighs would be as
big as your waist and you could jump from the ground to the top of a
Wacky Fact #7:
Cats do not have a collarbone, which is why they can fit through any
opening the size of their head.
Wacky Fact #8:
A cat will hunt for birds and rodents, regardless of how well he/she
is taken care of and how much you feed him/her - it is a natural behavior
and it is also programmed into the cat's genes.
Wacky Fact #9:
Cats have twice as many smell-sensitive cells in their noses as we do,
which means they can smell things we are not even aware of. In addition
to using their noses, cats can smell with the Jacobson's organ, which
is located in the upper surface of the mouth.
Wacky Fact #10:
In the Siamese cat, a lower temperature causes more dark coloration in
the growing hairs. This is why newborn kittens, warm from their mother's
womb, are white all over. As they grow up in normal temperatures, the
hottest areas of their body, around the stomach and back, remain pale
in color, while their cooler extremities gradually become darker.
Wacky Fact #11:
Cats lose almost as much fluid in the saliva while grooming themselves
as they do through urination.
Wacky Fact #12:
Both humans and cats have identical regions in the brain responsible
for emotion, and a cat's brain is more similar to a man's brain than
that of a dog's.