All About Cats

Cat Facts and The Law

Killing a cat in ancient Egypt was a crime punishable by death.

It’s unlawful in Sterling, Colorado for a pet cat to run loose without a taillight.

In French Lick Springs, Indiana, there was once a law passed requiring that all black cats wear bells on Friday the 13th.

In Zion, Illinois, it’s illegal to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats and other pets.

It’s illegal for a cat to fight a dog in Barbar, North Carolina.

In Ventura County, California, it’s illegal for cats and dogs to have sex without a permit.

Cat Facts That are both Fun and Interesting

You can calm a frightened cat by letting him bury his head in your armpit or by putting your hand over his eyes and forehead.

Only some 80% of cats respond to catnip; the other 20% don’t have the specific gene that causes them to react.

Domestic cats are the only species able to hold their tail vertically while walking.

Domestic cats can breed up to 4 times per year, while wild cats breed only once per year.

Who do you think cats respond better to — men or women? In fact, it’s women, perhaps because they have a higher pitch to their voice.

Signs that your cat trusts you include snoring and rolling over on his back to expose his belly.

Interesting Facts About Cats

Domestic cats are capable of sprinting at about 31 miles per hour.

When cats walk or run, they step with both left legs, then both right legs, and so forth.

Cats are capable of jumping 5 times as high as they are tall.

When grooming, cats lose almost as much fluid through saliva as they do when they urinate.

Nearly 30% of a cat’s life is spent grooming itself.

Cats’ brains are more similar to the human brain than they are to dogs. In fact, cats and humans have identical regions in the brain responsible for emotion.

The hair on a cat’s body will stand up fairly evenly all over the body when the cat is frightened, but the hair will stand up only in a narrow band along the spine and tail when the cat is threatened or ready to attack.

Cat facts that are Fun

Cat’s aren’t exactly color blind; they can see green, blue and red.

Due to some genetic thing, all calico cats are female.

Catgut was often used for the strings in tennis rackets and musical instruments. However, it didn’t actually come from cats but from sheep, hogs, and horses.

There are 30 muscles in a cat’s ear that control the outer ear, as opposed to only six in humans. By rotating 180 degrees, these muscles allow a cat to hear in all directions without actually moving his head.

Stroking a cat can lower one’s blood pressure.

Cats have a sense of smell that is fourteen times stronger than a human’s.

There are about 244 bones in a cat’s body, which is about 40 more than in the human body.