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Did you ever wonder what a cat's age is in human years? Now you can find out by checking the age chart below!
Trivia Human 'vs' Feline
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The oldest known fossilized record that has a similarity to today's cats has been aged as 12 million years old. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cats' mums teach them to hunt and kill. If a kitten isn't taught by its natural mother, chances are it won't know what to do with prey once it catches it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are about 100 breeds of cats. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Did you know that fish isn't a "natural" food for cats? Cats origins are in the desert where you don't find too many fish, but more rodents and birds and insects. One supposition of why cats have become such happy fish eaters is that during World War II, meat was expensive, hard to get and carefully rationed. Leave it to the cat food manufacturers to find a cheap source of protein. They started to use fish in cat food. In the wild, cats still won't hunt for fish. (Except for one cat breed in India). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some common causes of stress in cats are: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cats respond better to women than men. One reason this might be is that women have higher pitched voices than men. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is a species of cat smaller than the average house cat. It is native to Africa and it is the Black-footed cat (Felis nigripes). Its top weight is 5.5 pounds. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Onions and its derivatives are bad for your cat. One component of onions, n-propyldisulphide can injure the hemoglobin in feline red blood cells. Blood cells with damaged hemoglobin may develop abnormal structures called Heinz-bodies and be destroyed-potentially leading to a red-blood-cell shortage (anemia). This shouldn't be a problem for most cats, but some of us feed our kitties baby food when they are ill. Check the ingredients on the jar before feeding it to your cat. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Never give your cat aspirin, unless advised to do so by your vet. Aspirin can cause hemorrhaging in the gastorintestinal tract. It can also depress bone marrow activity, which makes red blood cells and may also damage the kidneys. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The average outdoor only cat has a life span of about three years. Indoor only cats can live sixteen years and longer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A tortoiseshell is black with red or orange markings and a calico is white with patches of red, orange and black. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Whiskers are very sensitive, even to small changes in air currents. A cat has four rows on each side of its face. The upper two rows can move independently of the bottom two rows. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A cat has approximately 60 to 80 million olfactory cells while a human has about 5 to 20 million. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Does your cat seem to sulk after you have scolded him? Well, he isn't actually sulking. What has happened is that when you "scolded" kitty, you made direct eye contact and stared. This is perceived as an act of aggression and the cat, by breaking eye contact and walking away, has surrender to you, a normal cat reaction to feeling threatened. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Ancient Egyptian word for cat was mau, which means "to see". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A group of cats is called a clowder, a group of kittens is called a kendle. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- years .her name was Mincha and she wasn't lonely for companionship. She had three litters while living in the tree. The local Argentineans fed her by putting her food on poles. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Electric light or light from your TV set will make your cat shed her fur. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cats purr at about 26 cycles per second, the same frequency as an idling diesel engine. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Experiments show that softly talking to kittens as soon as they are born results in their growing up to be more confident and independent adults. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florence Nightingale owned more than sixty cats in her lifetime and often complained of mysterious "stains" on her paperwork. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cats roll on their backs to show affection. They expose their bellies like this only when they feel totally secure. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Both humans and cats have identical regions in the brain responsible for emotion. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neutering dramatically reduces a cat's territorial demand because the sex hormone (testosterone) is one of the factors that drives the cat to create and defend territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cats with long, lean bodies are more likely to be outgoing personalities than their stockier cousins. They are also more protective of their home and more vocal and demonstrative. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When a cat rubs against your legs, it is showing a affection and also putting its personal scent on you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Did you know that cats have a third eyelid? Its called a haw and you will probably only see it when kitty isn't feeling well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cats that live together sometimes rub each others heads to show that they have no intention of fighting. Young cats do this more often, especially when they are excited. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Non-pedigree cats have an higher incidence of tabby markings than pedigree cats. Non-pedigree cats are also more often more robust than highly bred cats. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Japan, there is a myth that cats have the power to turn into super spirits when they die. Possibly because according to the Buddhist religion, the body of the cat is the resting place (temporary) of the soul of very spiritual people. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A cat sees about six times better than a human at night because of the tapetum lucidum , a layer of extra reflecting cells which absorb light. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do the pictures you take of your cat always have "redeye"? Try aiming the flash towards the ceiling. If you have a stationary flash, try taping tissue paper over it. And if at all possible, don't use the flash at all. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Does your cat snore? That means that your kitty is totally relaxed and a sign that your cat trusts you enough to let her guard down. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In 1987 cats overtook dogs as the number one pet in America. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old boy." Carl Van Vechten -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Spanish word for cat door is gatera. In old Spanish homes, there was a gatera cut into the doors to give the kitties an easy way in and out of the house. It also provided a way for romance among the young to take place, hen balconies were too high. The couple would lay on the floor, he on the outside, she on the inside and carry on conversations and flirt through the opening. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cats lose almost as much fluid in the saliva while grooming themselves as they do through urination. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ever notice how rough your kitty's tongue is? The cat's tongue is covered with backward facing hooks (papillae)that are used to groom its fur and to scrape meat off bones. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adult cats with no health problems are in deep sleep 15 percent of their lives. They are in light sleep 50 percent of the time. That leaves just 35 percent awake time. (Remember this when you are trying to sleep and the kitties are wound up!!) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The cat's brain needs so much energy to function that over twenty percent of blood that the heart pumps goes immediately to it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J'embrasse mon chat sur la bouche is French for "I kiss my cat on the lips". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To keep your cat away from your houseplants, grow him his own wheat or oat grass. Plant in a four inch pot and place in a sunny area. Keep this away from kitty until the plants are about four inches high. To keep kitty out of the dirt of your houseplants, try placing aluminum foil over the dirt. Cats don't like the feel of it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Folklore has it that the tabby cat got the M on the forehead as a gesture of thanks from Mary, the mother of Jesus. She gave this to the kitties to show her appreciation for the kitties purring the baby to sleep. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spaying a female before her first or second heat will greatly reduce the threat of mammary cancer. It also lowers the possibility of pyometra (pus filled uterus), metritus (inflammation of the uterus), and endometritus (inflammations of the uterine lining). And it isn't true that cats need to have at least one litter to be healthy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The stuff (allergens) that people are allergic to in cats is a protein in cat saliva. When the cat grooms and the saliva dries it can become airborne. This protein is 1/3 the weight of ordinary house dust, so it can travel further. You can find this allergen where cats have never been. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flea larvae (those little black squiggly things that hatch from those teeny white eggs) live on the undigested blood in "flea dirt" and dead skin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Female fleas consume fifteen times their weight daily. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More problems with fish as food. Cat food with fish as an ingredient isn't recommended for cats with FUS (feline urinary symptoms). There is a higher amount of magnesium and ash in these (which helps the development of crystals--not good). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cats step with both left legs, then both right legs when they walk or run. The only other animals to do this are the giraffe and the camel. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ever see a cat jump straight into the air when startled? They can jump up to five feet this way. As a comparison, a human would have to jump twenty-nine feet to match this standing high jump. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The first tamed cats were used for pest control, probably around 3,000 BC in ancient Egypt. Not all cats like catnip. The behavior of those who do like catnip is likened to a tom around a queen in heat. Catnip contains a chemical called trans-neptalactone, which is closely related to a substance excreted by the queen, usually in urine. The herb valerian can also produce this effect. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maine Coons grow quickly 'till about eight months of age, then slow down. They usually don't reach full maturity until three to five years of age. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After being petted, sometimes you will see a cat cleaning himself. He is trying to get the "person" smell off. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Have you ever seen a cat smell something and then make a funny face, with the top lip curled back and the nose wrinkled? This is known as "flehming" or "flehman" depending on who you are talking to. A cat has two small air passages (the nasopalatine ducts) located on the roof of his mouth, behind the incisors. These ducts let air taken in through the mouth pass into the nose. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cats take between 20-40 breaths per minute. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When a cat runs, its legs are extended fully in the air, then brought down and back. The cat's extremely flexible spine allows its rear end to move, even while the forelimbs are on the ground. The cat moves faster by stretching its trunk fully, making the stride longer. The faster the kitty goes, the overlap between the left and right feet gets smaller. This makes the distance covered greater. At full speed, a domestic cat can be going as fast as 31 miles per hour!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- De clawing a cat is the same as cutting a human's fingers off at the knuckle. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The first true cats were found 12 million years ago, at the start of the Pliocene Period. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The cat has 500 skeletal muscles. Compare that to a much larger human, who has 650. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Maine Coon cat is America's only natural breed of domestic feline. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In ancient Egypt, entire families would shave their eyebrows as a sign of mourning when the family cat died. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Julius Caesar, Henri II, Charles XI and Napoleon all had ailurophobia, a fear of cats. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A cats normal pulse is 140-240 beats per minute. (Average is 195). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kittens lose their baby teeth!! At three to four months the incisors erupt. Then at four to six months, they lose their canines, premolars and molars. By the time they are seven months old, their adult teeth are fully developed. This is one of the ways a vet (or you) can tell the age of a kitten. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Science......
Words of advice.... So, you're dating a girl who shares her residence with a cat. If your relationship is going to get anywhere, I encourage you to follow each of these suggestions
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