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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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.
I would have a lot less cat conversations if my cat just used words instead of meowing... A meow and a death stare could mean anything...
It makes you wonder what you just meowed your cat, right?
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My cat who was hearing, never meowed, because I raised her as a CODA - (cat of deaf adults) - she only knew sign language. I never knew this because I always saw her mouth open to meow at me for whatever reason. It wasn't until much later that a hearing friend commented of how funny that she never made sounds. I was astonished. How funny, she truly mimicked me in many ways!
I'm not convinced this is true. Why do some cats meow incessantly during the night or whatever with no recognizable purpose? (like didn't want food/water, no crazy stuff going on, etc)
In my experience, the cat is simply asking where you are! My cat does this, and all I have to do is call out and he calms down :3
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Then, when they find another cat and threaten, are they calling the human? [He and you, servant, bring the stick that here is an enemy!]
I had a cat who would respond to questions we'd ask. If I asked if he wanted some canned food, he'd mrow back with a pitch the rose at the end. If I asked him if he wanted to go to the the vet, his head would drop, he'd look down, and his mrow was quieter, lower pitched and and sounded sad. We'd chat every day, my asking him things that needed a yes/no answer that I was pretty sure what his answer would be, and then watching his response closely. He would do the things he didn't want to do, like take his medicine (he had heart, blood pressure, and kidney problems in his last few years), but he he made it clear he wasn't overjoyed about it. Getting his morning and evening canned food meals immediately after taking his meds made having to take pills twice a day a lot less awful.
Untrue, one of mine talks to the other, each time they see each other.
Wrong, my cats communicates with each other and answers their meows, all three are adults.
Not just adult cats all cats of any age there not meowing to each other they only do it so humans will feed them
But what are they saying? My daughter's cat walks around meowing for up to an hour at a time. We ask him what he wants. He isn't hungry. He doesn't need to use the potty. I will talk to him but he never tells me.
Always jeard this, but mamas meow for their babies. They call them and coo to them when they come.
Mine does this about twice a day....4:00 pm to be fed and 4:00 am to be let out! Some mornings, I just hate that cat!
What about cats trying to intimidate each other or actually fighting?
Gotta disagree, I have 3 grown Maine coons they talk to me and they talk to each other.
And only with their owners typically. They also have a specific language unique to their owner.
And only with their owners typically, their language is also specific to their owners :D
I have 2 Siamese mixes. Sometimes our conversations mimic an adult and child arguing "because I said so". Complete with sass back. Followed by a "huff" and pouting.
My cat chewed my sister out once when she was visiting. It had rained all day and I forgot to let the cat in. Sis was home before I was and let Bambi in, but Bambi was all meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow. Basically saying, WTF is wrong with you humans? I was stuck outside all day! Why didn't you let me in? Why? Why? Why?
Cats have chirpy sound w uptick (like a question) they use to greet other cats &ppl. Vids of domestic cats show no meows wout people around.
Do you think it's weird to flip your cat the bird? (Asking for a friend.)
I've heard this before, and disagree. Every cat I've had has meowed at other cats & dogs, in addition to meowing at people.
I've heard this. But every cat I've had has meowed at me, other cats, and dogs. So it's not just for communicating with people.
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.
We Japanese say that it's a sign of bad luck when black cat across infront of you..I love black cats though!
And if you do this to your cat, you are a disease to this planet and you need to be terminated.
Oh well my cat throws a tantrum if he doesn't get some milk from time to time.
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.
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.
I wonder if cat's know all this stuff about themselves, because mine act pretty helpless.
It's just an act to make you want to take care of them. :)
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Interesting! I already knew some facts, but I learned some new ones too :-)
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.
"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
I loooove cats..but my mom don't allow one....I hope somebody gifts me a cat.
Cat toes are called 'toe beans', and the tufts of hair in their ears are called 'ear furnishings'.
I really love them all but I think #1 is great. Cats are better then people. My favorite animal.
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.
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.
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.
The Thylacine wasn't a cat species though. It was a marsupial. Part of the Polyprotodonta family.
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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.
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~
Anyone else see the irony in #4? Disney using cats to keep the mice away??
massive error in fact #66... 32 storeys is not 320 metres, perhaps you meant 320 FEET? Building storeys are not 10m...
#64. The lower the number is the lower the sound is, not higher.
I read somewhere that cats respond better to lower frequencies and dogs to higher ones.
Load More Replies... #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.
I wonder if cat's know all this stuff about themselves, because mine act pretty helpless.
It's just an act to make you want to take care of them. :)
Load More Replies... Interesting! I already knew some facts, but I learned some new ones too :-)
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.
"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
I loooove cats..but my mom don't allow one....I hope somebody gifts me a cat.
Cat toes are called 'toe beans', and the tufts of hair in their ears are called 'ear furnishings'.
I really love them all but I think #1 is great. Cats are better then people. My favorite animal.
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.
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.
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.
The Thylacine wasn't a cat species though. It was a marsupial. Part of the Polyprotodonta family.
Load More Replies... 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.
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~
Anyone else see the irony in #4? Disney using cats to keep the mice away??
massive error in fact #66... 32 storeys is not 320 metres, perhaps you meant 320 FEET? Building storeys are not 10m...
#64. The lower the number is the lower the sound is, not higher.
I read somewhere that cats respond better to lower frequencies and dogs to higher ones.
Load More Replies... #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.
