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Fun Facts About Cats

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.

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.

Cats lap liquid from the underside of their tongue rather than from the top when drinking.

The oldest known cat lived to the ripe old age of 34.

Compared to a dog's approximately 10 vocalization sounds, cats have a whopping 100 different vocalization sounds.

The type of name that cats respond most readily to are those that end in an "ee" sound.

The only breed of domestic feline natural to America is the Maine Coon cat.

There are some 100 different breeds of cat.