Cats are very tiny creatures, cute in nature, with whom you can spend hours every day. Cats are really sweet, cuddly, soft, funny and most adorable. At times they are annoying, but you love them anyway. You must be thinking that by owning a cat, you know each and every fact about cats, but think again, do you really know everything about cats? No. Here are some of the interesting facts that you probably didn’t know about your sweet little cat:
- If you have been wondering why cats sleep so much, we would like to tell you that it is really natural because an average cat spends about two-third of its life sleeping.
- Cats do not have collar bones which allow them to slip through any openings in the size of their head.
- It is said that North America houses loads of cats than dogs.
- An entire group of cats is known as clowder.
- According to some researchers, all new born kittens have blue eyes.
- Cats can make their noise of purring even when they are inhaling and exhaling.
- Most of the female cats are right handed while male cats are left handed.
- A cat is observed to jump for about five times its own height in a single go.
- In Egypt, if you dare to smuggle cats, you were punished to death.
- Siberian tiger is said to be world’s biggest wildcat.
- Kittens generally lose their baby teeth after six months.
- ‘Little Nicky’ was the first cat that was cloned and it cost around 50,000 dollars.
- There are about 1300,000 hairs on per sq. inch on the body of an average cat.
- Maine Coon is the biggest domestic cat breed.
- Cats whiskers are primarily used to determine if she can fit through an opening or not.
- An average cat lives up to an age between 15 to 20 years.