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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Mine hasn't done this either. I don't know if this means she thinks I'm awesome, or that she doesn't give a damn about me!
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So, actually they think they have to care for us, not that we care for them. :/
One of the examples that our cats actually own us!!!!
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I disagree. They think we're the greatest hunters when we come home from the supermarket! We feed them every day. They bring you dead animals as a way of saying, see? I can do my part. Here take this lovely offering as thanks for all the meals you've provided to me!
Better yet...my cats beg me for food, so I must be some sort of supercat :-)
That's actually not true: they see us eating everyday, they know we can feed ourselves. It's really just a present, a sign of affection
One cat will bring me French Fries from the garbage the other brings me socks. They know whats up!
Or maybe sometimes they don't like the taste of this one and figure you can eat it.
So my cat thought I was only a halfway crappy cat then, because she would always eat half
My grandmothers would collect bottle tops instead of mice. Same idea I'm sure
real fun starts when they don't kill the mouse and want you to learn to catch it... then it get's trapped under furniture and lives there for months. or when a cat brings a dead bird, leaves it on patterned carpet and you step on it accidentaly in the middle of the night....
Or the neighbor's cat that I was kind to, she left squirrel heads on the welcome mat for me. I told her she was a very good kitty!
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mine started with worms now brings in live mice...... !!! preferred the worms ..
Here, dude, a present. By the way, you need to sleep more, and why don't you just kick yourselves clean, without getting into that horrifying water?
Or Bengal kitten keeps bringing us his toy mouse (stuffed with catnip) and decided to teach us how to play "Fetch" by dropping it on our laps and then waiting for us to throw it. He cases after the toy, and expects us to throw it for him again. He does this for 40 minutes at a time ((after which he's usually so tired he has to have a little nap!) If we *don't* play "Fetch" with him, he sits there looking sad and disappointed, meowing until we get the message/give in and do what he wants. We didn't tech him to do this, *he* taught *us*!
My cat actually brought me a wild bunny (still alive and unharmed) "Look Human, I found a HUGE mouse!"
NOPE. They do that to show off to us. If what this image is suggesting is true they wouldn't eat the animal they bring. They already know we have food, otherwise they wouldn't ask for it every time I open the front door.
Yeah...our cats are indoor only. When you ask them what they do for a living, all they have to say is, "So? Do you see any mice?" .... There's really nothing you can say to that.
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I love rodents so this fact is heartbreaking(especially that picture of the dead mouse) . I hate seeing dead mice lying on the sidewalk that hadn't even been eaten. I know it's the cat's instinct, but still
On second thought, though, humans kill innocent rodents too. The cats do it because its their instinct, the humans do it because they are complete #$%# that I would like to poison or decapitate or de-skin so they can understand what they are doing to the poor babies
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My mommy cat says she used to do that all the time before she stopped being allowed outside.
Wonder if that’s why my ex boyfriend used to bring me toys eh Werner Bock?
"Here, you no good human, eat! Don't you starve on me now!! Who is going to clean my litter box??"
No they do it to show you how good they are this is a s**t fact and not true in fact none of these are true 😂😂😂
My cat did this for 2 weeks after I came out of hospital after having my son.
My cat once caught a mouse and put in my dad's chair, when my mom told me the story, I couldn't help but to laugh!
My cat once caught a mouse and put it in my dads chair! When my mom told my this story, I laughed so hard!
My cat brought home a roasted chicken leg yesterday morning! Not sure where or who he stole it from!
I once had a cat that brought live birds into the house. We think she thought the dogs were her not-too-bright children that she was trying to teach how to hunt.
This isn't why cats bring you dead animals. Wild cats are solitary. But feral domestics live in large family groups with all the adults contributing to feeding the group. When your cat brings you a animal, it's because he feels it's his responsibility to contribute to the family. The "cats think you are crappy cat" was disproven years ago.
Mine used to bring me pocket gophers and line them up by the patio door
My cat usually leaves me large insects. What the hell does she think I am?
I had a cat that used to bring me mice, birds and one time a squirrel. Unfortunately, the squirrel wasn't quite dead yet.
Yes, I get them ! I don't like the brought into the house! My cat eats just the head....usually!
my family cat when i was young did this all the time. even moreson of birthdays and holidays. I got the most dead animals so i assumed i was the favorite
Am I the only one who see these sad and hopeless eyes of the mouse :(
My cat brought me a squirrel...in my kitchen. I suppose he wanted me to cook it.
It's not really that -- it's more that they think we're family, and it's their job to share with us, just like it's our job to share with them. I mean, there IS a bit of an expectation there of, "Well, I gave you a bird, so you have to give me the rest of the milk from your cereal".
My cats used to bring in live birds for use, jump on your chest and just drop the birds as a prezzy, then it was up to you to catch them and put them out side again with your moggie's glaring at you for letting your prezzies go.
kittens do bring their mothers prey to show her their hunting skills, and to be shown how to eat the prey, without choking, i think. so cats may be just doing the same thing for humans as a token of affection - most cats tend to felinize us humans as furless, vertical cats.
Mine used to bring in live catch and yowell until I woke up then as soon as I sat up and turned the light on he would drop it for me to chase and catch. He was such a good trainer I learned to lock the cat door at night.
No they don't. This is NOT why cats bring "gifts" to their owners. They are doing just that, bringing a "gift" to the person who feeds them, loves them, and so forth. It's their way of saying "thank you." Who told you that crazy idea anyway?
My 5lb cat Emmy is known for bringing home birds. She has been going out for about a year now and she has brought home at least 5 so far
I just love this fact, since I feed mine because I love them, they try to feed me because they love me back!
My cats bring them in alive, it's up to us what we do with them when they're doing a dance in front of the TV the mice that is, not the cats !!
Very true. Us catz will give u guys this, and you throw it away! 5 hours of trying to catch mickey mouse...
My cat brings me dead animals everyday... now that I know why, I must be his very useless cat
Our cat left us a dead bird, a sparrow, all in one piece, no bites, no blood - but dead - right in the middle of our bed.....
Well my cat just behead the mice she find in the house.... so we come home to a beheaded mouse with blood all over on the floor ._.
Our cat would bring live mice into the house to release at our teen son's feet! She wanted to teach them how to provide for themselves!
We have to watch the office mascot cat closely during the summer. So far he has gifted us with 3 garter snakes, a mole, and a newly molted cicada.
...and why I use the expression 'lay him on the mat' to describe my niece bringing her new boyfriend over to meet me...😽
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.
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.
