Cat Trivia by the Numbers
By HollywoodPet.net |
Mon, 11 Dec 2006
0. Zero collarbones in cats. Cats lack a true collarbone, allowing them to squeeze their bodies through any space they can get their head through.
1. The first person to own a Siamese cat in America was Lucy Webb Hayes, wife of president Rutherford Hayes.
2. Neutering a cat extends its life by two or more years.
3. Cats have a third eyelid called a haw that is rarely visible.
4. 4000 years ago in Egypt, the penalty for killing a cat was death.
5. Most cats have five toes on each front paw, but only four toes on each back paw.
6. Cats only need a sixth the amount of light that humans do to see. However, their daytime vision is only fair.
7. A cat can jump as much as seven times its height.
8. If your cat is 8 years old, your cat is 40 in human years.
9. Newborn kittens have closed ear canals that don't open for 9 days.
10. A fifteen year old cat has spent approximately 10 years of its life sleeping.
11. The average cat weighs 11 pounds.
12. An adult cat has around 12 whiskers and 30 teeth.
13. Cats have 13 ribs.
