@catfacts

I post daily kool kat facts at 6:00 AM Mountain Standard Time.
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A happy cat holds her tail high and steady.

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People who are allergic to cats are actually allergic to cat saliva or to cat dander. If the resident cat is bathed regularly the allergic people tolerate it better.

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Approximately 1/3 of cat owners think their pets are able to read their minds.

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After humans, mountain lions have the largest range of any mammal in the Western Hemisphere.

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The cat who holds the record for the longest non-fatal fall is Andy. He fell from the 16th floor of an apartment building (about 200 ft/.06 km) and survived.

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Cats purr at the same frequency as an idling diesel engine, about 26 cycles per second.

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The cat has 500 skeletal muscles (humans have 650).

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The largest breed of cat is the Ragdoll with males weighing in at 1 5 to 20 lbs. The heaviest domestic cat on record was a neutered male tabby named Himmy from Queensland, Australia who weighed 46 lbs. 1 5 oz.

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A cat uses its whiskers for measuring distances. The whiskers of a cat are capable of registering very small changes in air pressure.

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Miacis, the primitive ancestor of cats, was a small, tree-living creature of the late Eocene period, some 45 to 50 million years ago.

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Cats walk on their toes.

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The cat has 500 skeletal muscles (humans have 650).

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A cat uses its whiskers for measuring distances. The whiskers of a cat are capable of registering very small changes in air pressure.

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A group of cats is called a clowder.

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The cat's tail is used to maintain balance.

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