- Cats are members of the Felidea family.
- A litter of kittens is called a kindle, and a group of cats is called a clowder
- Cats are the only animals that purr. They can purr at around 26 cycles per second which is the same frequency as an idling diesel engine!
- A cat's nose pad is as unique as a human fingerprint. No two nose prints are identical.
- A cat's hearing is much stronger and more sensitive than a dog's or a human's. Our hearing stops at 20 khz; a cat's at 65 khz.
- Cats have 32 muscles in each ear and can turn their ear very quickly to catch noise. Much faster than a very alert watchdog.
- A cat's sense of smell is about 14 times stronger than ours.
- Cats have over 100 vocal sounds, while dogs have only 10.
- Normal body temperature for a cat is between 100.5F and 102.5F.
- Cats drink liquid from the underside of their tongue, not from the top.
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