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.
It's distressing there are !#^&$%$# that would do that to a cat.
Another indication of human ignorance and stupidity! If nothing else, shelters at the least protect these exquisite kitties from malicious and sadistic brainless "humans".
Where I live in Salem, MA, many black cat owners put their kitties in lock down for the month of October.
I saved my lovely black, or very dark brown cat when he was only a week old; now he is two months ols and he is the king of the house.
re: very dark brown cat. we have 2 (of our 3) who are brown but look black in more muted light. I can't find any reference to brown cats other than Havana Browns, but they are half Siamese and our bruisers are clearly not related to Siamese. Tell me about the brown ones (Ursula Wesley on Facebook)
Load More Replies...Where I live all cat adoptions stop one week before Halloween. You can meet and choose who you'd like to adopt, but no cats leave until November.
How awful I had no idea that, that happened so glad the shelter takes action against it I don’t see why anyone wouldn’t want to adopt a black cat normally I have a black cat and honestly there my favourite he’s all black with a little white tufft under his chin so he looks like a little vicar
In Colorado, where we used to live, all three of our black cats disappeared one Halloween. /cry
Caitlyn, it's only during that time period, because people have been known to abuse and torture and sacrifice black cats around Halloween! Better to keep them safe, and have the real cat lovers, come adopt soon after. A cat is a cat, and people place too much emphasis on a cat being black, and superstition about them. This is the real sadness. People and their stupid beliefs, about black cats.
I understand withholding adoption of black cats near Halloween -time, but, sadly, most black colored animals are among the last to be adopted. Is this because some people view black animals as evil??? Who can tell! All animals are beautiful and deserving of good, loving homes.
Black cats are my favorites. I'll keep mine indoors at Halloween since I read this, though Halloween isn't so popular yet in Holland.
In this messed up world we have today I can completely believe this. There are people out there hateful and weird and sick enough to do something like this. There is NOTHING evil about a black cat. It is JUST a cat with black fur, that's it. I've seen some that I've thought have been exceptionally beautiful and I'm not really a cat person.
I adopted an 8 year old black cat about 3 months ago. I've always loved black cats. She was found in the woods near a local animal hospital. After trying to find the owner for over a month, I took her in. I love black cats and I love that I was able to adopt her at that age and give her a loving home since most people just want kittens. She's my girl and rarely leaves my side.
As a proud owner of a fabulous furry black cat (my 2nd one too) I want to put everyone who has ever abused a cat, in prison for a long long time! Black cats lives matter, (too).
I never thought of that. People can be so dreadful sometimes. But I'm glad the shelters are taking action.
Having 2 black cats (rescued from a shelter) I mourn society's continues fear of black cats. Their coloring makes them no different from any other colored cat. People who brutalize any animal should be tried for animal cruelty and jailed. Thank you animal shelters for helping these precious animals.
I have asked my local shelter about this, but they say it's never happened to the best of their knowledge. However, awareness is still a good thing. I've also read that the general public doesn't often adopt all black cats. I, personally, think they're beautiful.
Glad they do this. How barbaric can it get? A prized dark magic item is a black cat bone, gotten by boiling a live black cat to death.
Why are people so damn idiotic. Sacrificing animals? Jeez, sacrifice yourselves, idiots.
Had a black cat for eleven years... He gave me so much love <3 Miss him :(
Locally, NO cats are adopted the week before Halloween up to Nov. 2nd
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. :)
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.
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.