Cats are the world's kings and queens. It's true. Cats are now the most soughtafter animals on the internet. There are cat videos everywhere. Cats are the most popular animal on the internet right now. It's welldeserved popularity. Because they are truly amazing creatures. We've compiled a list of 35 reasons why. In fact, there are numerous others.
The first known cat video was recorded in 1894
The majority of domesticated pets in the US are cats, which number 88 million in total.
Several studies suggest that an adult cat's intelligence is comparable to that of a 2yearold human toddler.
The earliest ancestor of the modern cat lived about 30 million years ago
The brain of a cat is more like a human brain than a dog's brain. Cats and humans have identical areas of the brain that are responsible for emotions.
Studies suggest that domesticated cats first appeared around 3600 B.C
Cats were first brought to the Americas in colonial times to get rid of rodents.
During the Spanish Inquisition, Pope Innocent VIII recognized cats as the incarnation of the devil. Thousands of cats were burned. This led to an increase in the rat population, which exacerbated the effects of the plague epidemic. Did the cat god take revenge?
When a cat died in ancient Egypt, family members shaved their eyebrows as a sign of grief. The cat was embalmed, the mummy was placed in the family crypt or in the animal cemetery along with the mouse mummies. In 1888, over 300,000 mummified cats were found in Egyptian cemeteries.
According to legend, Noah prayed to God to help protect all the food in the ark from rats. In response, God made the lion sneeze so that the cat would appear.
Cats developed meowing solely to communicate with humans.
Cats can make up to 100 different sounds, while dogs can only make 10
95% of catowners talk to their cats.
A third of cat owners think their pets can read their minds
Scientists believe that a cat can pronounce consonants
The ability of cats to find their way home is explained by the fact that cats either use the angle of sunlight, or they have magnetized cells in their brains that act as a compass.
Cats are believed to be the only mammals who don’t taste sweetness.
For some reason, cats really dislike citrus scents
A cat cannot climb down a tree upside down because all the claws on its paws point in the same direction. Therefore, cats have to climb down the tree backwards.
The cat keeps its head horizontally at the same level while chasing prey, while dogs and humans shake their heads up and down.
Cats walk in the same way that camels and giraffes do: they move both of their right feet first, then both of their left feet. No other animals walk in this manner.
A cat can reach speeds of up to 31 miles per hour over short distances.
Cats are able to jump up to five times their height.
Cats have an extra organ that allows them to taste scents in the air, which is why your cat occasionally stares at you with her mouth open.
A cat's nose has a unique fingerprint, just like human fingerprints.
The cat's jaw cannot move sideways, so they cannot chew large pieces of food
Scientists are still debating exactly how a cat purrs. Most people think that this is the vibration of the vocal cords located deep in the throat. To do this, the muscles of the larynx open and close the airways about 25 times per second.
Female Cats are mostly righthanded and male cats are mostly lefthanded. An interesting fact is that 90% of people are righthanded, and the remaining 10% are lefthanded. Аnd they are mostly men.
When the coronation of the new king was held in Siam, the cats rode in a carriage, being at the head of the procession.
Cats almost always land on their feet: the organs of balance are located in the cat's inner ear, and the tail also aids in trajectory alignment.
Cats rub against people not only because they are affectionate, but also to mark their territory with scent glands located around their nose.
A cat usually has 12 whiskers on each side
Cats are said to be able to sense an earthquake 1015 minutes before a person does. Science has not, however, established this.
The back of a cat consists of 53 vertebrae. A person has only 34 of them.
The most famous longlived cat was Puff from Texas, who died in 2005 at the age of 38. Ordinary cats can live up to 20 years (that's about 96 years for a human).
Many people believe that cats are alien creatures. Their main task is to observe the creatures on Earth. The proof of the alien origin of cats is their amazing abilities that other animals do not have.
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