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68 Amazing Cat Facts That You Probably Didn’t Know
Did you know that a physicist once made his cat the co-author of his paper because he'd accidentally written "we" instead of "I" throughout his work and couldn't be bothered to change it? Also, believe it or not, the British Government has a position called "Chief Mouser To The Cabinet Office" that can only be assigned to a cat. And although this may not surprise you, a study once proved that cats are more than capable of recognizing their owner's voices, but simply choose to ignore it. Scroll down for more entertaining facts about cats, compiled by Bored Panda. Don't forget to vote for your favorite!
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The Cappy 9 years ago
And they also need to report those people to the local authorities, who should wait a couple of weeks and go to your house to see if you ended up adopting a cat. If you only every tried to adopt a black cat right before Halloween, and you didn't own a cat afterwards, and you never showed an inclination to own a cat later, you need seriously to go on some kind of watch list.
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Caroline Murphy 9 years ago
Yep.. And if it was one of those small, square Christmas cards my cat wouldn't settle unless he could fit both paws on it
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AJ Cupples 7 years ago
mine hates mail so she lays on it sayin loud in my head NO BILLS FOR YOU
'Dave Mulligan 8 years ago
Not surprised it was unsuccessful they don’t care about anything you want them to do apart from lick themselves
Andries Veldeman 8 years ago
No we didn't, Andries a Belgian myself... We be crazy but not batshit crazy.
Kjell Provost 9 years ago
Don't think this is correct... i'm Belgian and i've never heard of this.
Isabel Chuter 9 years ago
This made me laugh. No idea how this would work but I would have loved this 🤗🦄🐻
Skyler March 9 years ago
Really?! Who knew that trying to get a cat to do something wouldn't work!
Pamela Grove 9 years ago
I can completely believe that. Whose nutty idea was that? They SHOULD have used dogs.
Kyan De Catfish 9 years ago
Dammit, I was good at the job! I litteraly dropped a dead mickey in with the letters! Dammit, do they even eat it? No! 5 hours dammit...
Jujube Wrangler 9 years ago
Cat owners know we live to serve the cats, not the other way around :)
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Christopher Bech Jensen 9 years ago
Please don't breed cats for a look. Well mixed genes means healthy cats. If there is 18 links of stray, backyard, runt of the litter, and general fuss-ball I'm happy, as is the cat.
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Asami Yasumoto 9 years ago
We Japanese say that it's a sign of bad luck when black cat across infront of you..I love black cats though!
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Darth Vader 9 years ago
And if you do this to your cat, you are a disease to this planet and you need to be terminated.
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Viktoria Vida 9 years ago
Oh well my cat throws a tantrum if he doesn't get some milk from time to time.
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Rebecca Szpara 9 years ago
This is incorrect. There have been at least a dozen species of cats that have gone extinct, even in the last 100 years. Leopard, lion and tiger subspecies have been obliterated by humans.
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Zenozenobee 9 years ago
I remember of a news, may be ten years ago. Gendarmes found out that a travelling circus was feeding their lion with cats and dogs they stole in the villages where they settled.
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Amanda Panda 9 years ago
I wonder if cat's know all this stuff about themselves, because mine act pretty helpless.
Helping Panda 9 years ago
It's just an act to make you want to take care of them. :)
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Becky Kidus 9 years ago
Interesting! I already knew some facts, but I learned some new ones too :-)
Bennie Jones 3 months ago
I remember this quote about cats" Cats used to worshipped in ancient times, they have not forgotten"
Petsforever App 5 years ago
Hello Thanks for sharing this amazing blog. I read it carefully & it was really fantastic. Post some more blogs related to "Dog Breed Questions" Regards.
Beau Butts 9 years ago
"cats kidneys are so efficient it can survive on a diet consisting only of meat, with no additional water" not true, all creatures need water to live a healthy life. do not dehydrate your cats because of a post you saw on the internet
Vidisha Sanade 9 years ago
I loooove cats..but my mom don't allow one....I hope somebody gifts me a cat.
Suze Allyn 9 years ago
Cat toes are called 'toe beans', and the tufts of hair in their ears are called 'ear furnishings'.
Heidi Latham 9 years ago
I really love them all but I think #1 is great. Cats are better then people. My favorite animal.
Natalie Lomako 9 years ago
re: #68 - It wasn't admission. It was a discount. It wasn't a zoo either, per se. It was a managerie at the Tower of London.
Rhys Durham 9 years ago
Interesting to learn about tuna addiction. We once had a domestic medium hair who was definitely fish addicted, specifically a type of bait fish called a sprat. Any time we caught some, he'd meet us in the driveway, and yowl until we gave him half a dozen. We had to carefully ration them, because if we just gave him a bowl full, he'd eat until he was sick, then keep eating. He'd eat other things when fish wasn't an option, but as soon as there were sprats in the house, that was all he cared about.
Kirra Williams 9 years ago
The fact about no cat extinctions in 10,000 years is false. The Australian Tasmanian Tiger (or Thylacine) went extinct in 1936 when the last one died in the Hobart zoo. It was found to be more feline than canine despite also having the name Tasmanian Wolf.
Stefanie Patterson 9 years ago
The Thylacine wasn't a cat species though. It was a marsupial. Part of the Polyprotodonta family.
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Krysta McCoy 9 years ago
Cats bring you dead things because you are a part of their family. Some cats only share with their own young, some will share with the entire "pride", if you will, and some won't share at all. It depends on you and the cat. My cat kills things sometimes, but she rarely brings them to me because I bring her my "kills". She sees me as a good enough hunter for her not to need to share with me. The few times she does, though, is because she wants the praise of another "hunter", I suppose.
John Kenneth Piliin 9 years ago
how dare they mark me as their territory there were about 10 to 15 of them at the same time lol~ not to mention they lick off the scent afterwards these bastards haha~
Cary Waterhouse 9 years ago
Anyone else see the irony in #4? Disney using cats to keep the mice away??
Serene Johnson 9 years ago
massive error in fact #66... 32 storeys is not 320 metres, perhaps you meant 320 FEET? Building storeys are not 10m...
Vinnie The-Bachelor 9 years ago
#64. The lower the number is the lower the sound is, not higher.
Lisa Wade 9 years ago
I read somewhere that cats respond better to lower frequencies and dogs to higher ones.
Load More Replies... Rebecca Szpara 9 years ago
#45 is incorrect. There have been several species of cat that have gone extinct recently, even in the last 100 years. Species of leopard, lion and tiger have gone extinct because of human poaching.
Amanda Panda 9 years ago
I wonder if cat's know all this stuff about themselves, because mine act pretty helpless.
Helping Panda 9 years ago
It's just an act to make you want to take care of them. :)
Load More Replies... Becky Kidus 9 years ago
Interesting! I already knew some facts, but I learned some new ones too :-)
Bennie Jones 3 months ago
I remember this quote about cats" Cats used to worshipped in ancient times, they have not forgotten"
Petsforever App 5 years ago
Hello Thanks for sharing this amazing blog. I read it carefully & it was really fantastic. Post some more blogs related to "Dog Breed Questions" Regards.
Beau Butts 9 years ago
"cats kidneys are so efficient it can survive on a diet consisting only of meat, with no additional water" not true, all creatures need water to live a healthy life. do not dehydrate your cats because of a post you saw on the internet
Vidisha Sanade 9 years ago
I loooove cats..but my mom don't allow one....I hope somebody gifts me a cat.
Suze Allyn 9 years ago
Cat toes are called 'toe beans', and the tufts of hair in their ears are called 'ear furnishings'.
Heidi Latham 9 years ago
I really love them all but I think #1 is great. Cats are better then people. My favorite animal.
Natalie Lomako 9 years ago
re: #68 - It wasn't admission. It was a discount. It wasn't a zoo either, per se. It was a managerie at the Tower of London.
Rhys Durham 9 years ago
Interesting to learn about tuna addiction. We once had a domestic medium hair who was definitely fish addicted, specifically a type of bait fish called a sprat. Any time we caught some, he'd meet us in the driveway, and yowl until we gave him half a dozen. We had to carefully ration them, because if we just gave him a bowl full, he'd eat until he was sick, then keep eating. He'd eat other things when fish wasn't an option, but as soon as there were sprats in the house, that was all he cared about.
Kirra Williams 9 years ago
The fact about no cat extinctions in 10,000 years is false. The Australian Tasmanian Tiger (or Thylacine) went extinct in 1936 when the last one died in the Hobart zoo. It was found to be more feline than canine despite also having the name Tasmanian Wolf.
Stefanie Patterson 9 years ago
The Thylacine wasn't a cat species though. It was a marsupial. Part of the Polyprotodonta family.
Load More Replies... Krysta McCoy 9 years ago
Cats bring you dead things because you are a part of their family. Some cats only share with their own young, some will share with the entire "pride", if you will, and some won't share at all. It depends on you and the cat. My cat kills things sometimes, but she rarely brings them to me because I bring her my "kills". She sees me as a good enough hunter for her not to need to share with me. The few times she does, though, is because she wants the praise of another "hunter", I suppose.
John Kenneth Piliin 9 years ago
how dare they mark me as their territory there were about 10 to 15 of them at the same time lol~ not to mention they lick off the scent afterwards these bastards haha~
Cary Waterhouse 9 years ago
Anyone else see the irony in #4? Disney using cats to keep the mice away??
Serene Johnson 9 years ago
massive error in fact #66... 32 storeys is not 320 metres, perhaps you meant 320 FEET? Building storeys are not 10m...
Vinnie The-Bachelor 9 years ago
#64. The lower the number is the lower the sound is, not higher.
Lisa Wade 9 years ago
I read somewhere that cats respond better to lower frequencies and dogs to higher ones.
Load More Replies... Rebecca Szpara 9 years ago
#45 is incorrect. There have been several species of cat that have gone extinct recently, even in the last 100 years. Species of leopard, lion and tiger have gone extinct because of human poaching.
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