@catfacts

The life expectancy of cats has nearly doubled over the last fifty years.

The leopard is the most widespread of all big cats.

Julius Ceasar, Henri II, Charles XI, and Napoleon were all afraid of cats.

Unlike other cats, lions have a tuft of hair at the end of their tails.

Unlike dogs, cats do not have a sweet tooth. Scientists believe this is due to a mutation in a key taste receptor.

Cats have about 130,000 hairs per square inch (20,155 hairs per square centimeter).

Owning a cat is actually proven to be beneficial for your health.

Cats take between 20-40 breaths per minute.

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

The cat's footpads absorb the shocks of the landing when the cat jumps.

Cats lose almost as much fluid in the saliva while grooming themselves as they do through urination.

The largest cat breed is the Ragdoll. Male Ragdolls weigh between 12 and 20 lbs (5.4-9.0 k). Females weigh between 10 and 15 lbs (4.5-6.8 k).

Some Siamese cats appear cross-eyed because the nerves from the left side of the brain go to mostly the right eye and the nerves from the right side of the brain go mostly to the left eye. This causes some double vision, which the cat tries to correct by “crossing” its eyes.

One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.

Cats respond better to women than to men, probably due to the fact that women's voices have a higher pitch.