In Brittain the 1994 estimate was 7.2 million
25% of American adults own one or more cat.
41% of the cat population is owned.
59% of the cat population is stray or feral.
Sex ratio of owned cats is 50/50.
Sex ration of unowned cat is 65 males/35 females.
1-3% of owned cats become stray each year.
97% of owned cats are non-pedigree animals.
87% of owned adult cats have been neutered.
The official record of the oldest cat is held by Ma,
who lived an amazing 34 years.
Cats like being stroked because they look upon humans
as 'mother-cats'. Kittens are repeatedly licked by
their mothers and the action of humans stroking has
much the same feel as human stroking.
There are more superstitions associated with cats
than any other animal.
The cat is the only domestic animal not mentioned in the bible.
A cat wagging its tail from side to side is in
a state of conflict. It wants to do two things
at once but each impulse blocks the other.
A tail violetly swished side to side indicates
the cat is ready to attack.
Cats have a weak sense of taste. They only have
473 taste buds (humans have 9,000) They make up for
it with a sense of smell 30 times better than ours.
Studies of the effects that pet cats have on their owners
have revealed that sharing a home with these animals is
significantly therapeutic. In short, cats are good for
your health.
The typical domestic cat weighs from 8 to 15 pounds.
The record for the heaviest domestic cat is 44 pounds
(Himmy, a neutered male tabby living in Queensland Australia.
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