1. In Asia, nearly 4 million cats are eaten each year.
2. Cats spend an average of 2/3 of their daily sleep. This means that a 9-year-old cat has only been awake for three years.
3. Unlike dogs, cats don't like to eat sweets. Scientists believe this is due to mutations in a key taste receptor.
4. When a cat chases prey, it will keep its head at a level. Dogs and humans, on the other hand, have heads on top.
5. Female cats tend to use the right paw, while male cats tend to use the left paw. Interestingly, 90% of humans are right-handed, and the remaining 10% of left-handers tend to be male as well.
6. The cat cannot climb down from the tree head down, to get down from the tree, the cat must climb down in the climbing posture.
7. Cats can make about 100 different sounds. There are only about 10 kinds of dog sounds.
8. The brains of cats are more similar to those of humans than dogs. Humans and cats have the same area of the brain responsible for emotions.
9. There are more than 5 million domestic cats in the world, about 40 breeds.
10. About 24 cat skins can make a coat.
11. Although it is widely believed that the ancient Egyptians were the first to domesticate cats, the recent discovery of the oldest known pet cat was found in a tomb on the island of Cyprus on the Mediterranean Sea in 9500. This discovery predates cats depicted in Egyptian art by 4,000 years or more.
12. At the time of the medieval Spanish Inquisition, Pope Innocent VIII denounced cats as evil animals and thousands of cats were burned to death. Unfortunately, the mass killing of cats caused a surge in rat populations, which exacerbated the effects of the Black Death.
13. Bezoar, also known as hairball, is a clump of hair in the stomach or intestines of a cat, which is due to the accumulation of a small amount of hair that the cat swallows each time it licks the hair.
14. A group of cats called a clowder in English.
15. In the Middle Ages, cats were thought to be associated with witchcraft, and on St. John's Day, people across Europe would put them in sacks and throw them in campfires to burn them. On religious holidays, people throw cats down from church towers to celebrate.
16. Cats are the most popular pet in North America, with 730,000 cats compared to only 630,000 dogs. More than 30% of households in North America own pet cats.
17. The first space cat was a cat from France called Felicette (aka "Astrocat") In 1963, France implanted electrodes in its brain and sent them into space, and the cat transmitted nerve signals back to Earth. In the end it survived.
18. There are many English names for cats (catt, cath, chat, katze), which comes from the Latin catus, meaning domestic cat, and another word, feles, which refers to wild cats.
19. In the United States, about 40,000 people are bitten by cats each year.
20. According to Hebrew legend, Noah prayed to God to protect all the stored food in the state from being eaten by rats. God sneezed a big sneeze when he heard this, and a cat popped out to give to Noah.
21. Cats have a more sensitive sense of hearing than dogs. Cats can hear high-frequency sounds two octaves higher than humans.
22. A cat can run and accelerate to a top speed of 31 mph (49 km/ h) in a short period of time.
23. The claws of the cat's hind legs are not as sharp as the claws of the front legs, because the paws of the hind legs cannot be retracted, so they will wear out over time.
24. The height of a cat's single jump can reach 5 times its own height.
Some cats survived falling from heights of more than 65 feet (20 meters), largely due to their "righting reflex." The cat's eye and inner ear balance organs will tell it where it is in the air, so the cat can land with its feet. Even cats without tails have this ability.
26. A cat's friction against a person is not only a way of expressing feelings, but also a way of marking territory. The cat's facial glands secrete odors, and the tail and claws also carry the smell of cats.
27. Researchers aren't yet sure why cats make low, continuous purring sounds. Most veterinarians believe that cats purr by vibrating vocal cords deep in their throats. To do this, the muscles in the larynx need to open and close the air pathway about 25 times per second.
28. After the death of a cat in ancient Egypt, family members shaved off their eyebrows as a sign of remembrance. During this time they also hold a thick burial ceremony, where they drink wine and pat their chests. The cat's carcass was coated with sesame oil and placed in a carved wooden box in a family cemetery. Or mummified separately and placed in a pet cemetery with a mummy of a small mouse next to it.
29. In 1888, mummified carcasses of more than 300,000 cats were found in cemeteries in Egypt. They tore off the outer packaging and transported it away, which was used as fertilizer by farmers in Britain and the United States.
30. Most female cats give birth to 1 to 9 kittens in a litter. The known litter reached up to 19 kittens, 15 of whom survived.
31. Smuggling cats from ancient Egypt is punishable by death. Phoenician merchants eventually succeeded in smuggling cats and selling them to wealthy people in Athens and other important cities.
32. The ancestors of modern cats lived about 300,000 years ago. Scientists call it the "first cat" in Greek as The Proailurus, and the ancestors of pet cats appeared around 120,000 years ago.
33。 The largest wildcat today is the Siberian tiger. It can be more than 12 feet (3.6 meters) long, about the size of a small car, and can weigh up to 700 pounds (317 kilograms).
34 The smallest feral cat in the world is the Black-footed cat. Females are less than 20 inches (50 cm) long and weigh 2.5 pounds (1.2 kg).
35. Many Egyptians worshipped the goddess Buster, who had a woman's body and a cat's head.
36. Muhammad loved cats, and it is said that his favorite cat is called Muezza, a tabby cat. Legend has it that tabby cats have a "M" letter on the top of their heads, as Muhammad often put his hand on the cat's head.
37. In many places in Europe and North America, black cats are considered a sign of bad luck, while in the United Kingdom and Australia, black cats are considered lucky.
38. The most popular purebred cat is the Persian cat, followed by the main raccoon panda and the Siamese cat.
39. The smallest purebred cat is called Singapura, which weighs only 4 pounds (1.8 kg) and weighs about 5 large cans of cat food. The largest thoroughbred cat is the Maine Coon cats, which can weigh up to 25 pounds (11.3 kg) and weigh twice the average cat.
40. Some Siamese cats appear in cockfighting eyes because most of the nerves in the left side of the brain control the right eye, and most of the brain nerves on the right control the left eye. This can cause diplopia to appear, and the cat tries to correct vision by aligning its eyes.
41. Researchers believe the "tabby cat" came from the Attabiyah region near Baghdad, Iraq. Tabby got its name because their fur resembles the ripple pattern on silk produced in the city.
42. Cats hate water because their fur can't isolate water. However, Turkish Van is a cat that loves to swim. This cat, which lives in Central Asia, has a unique structure that is waterproof.
43. A cat called Egyptian Mau is probably the oldest breed. In fact, the Egyptian word for "cat" is the word Mau.
44. The most expensive cat in history is called Little Nicky, and its owner bought it for $50,000, which was cloned from an elderly cat.
45. A cat has 12 whiskers on each side of its face.
46. Cats have both better and worse eyesight than humans. Better than humans because cats can see more low light and they have a wider periphery view. Worse than humans because they don't perceive colors as well as humans. Scientists believe that cats see grass that is red.
47. Spanish Jewish folklore adam's first wife, Lilith, became a black vampire cat that sucked the blood of sleeping babies. It could be the root of the superstition that a cat would strangle a sleeping baby, or cut off a child's breath.
48. The most famous comic cat is Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland Cheshire Cat. With the ability to disappear, this mysterious figure embodies legends of magic and witchcraft associated with cats.
49. In the original Italian legend of Cinderella, the fairy who served as the godmother of the dying child was a cat.
50. The staff of the Dutch Embassy in Moscow noticed that two Siamese cats had been digging corners while barking. The staff thought there were rats. Finally they found a microphone hidden in the corner by the Russian spy. It was the cat who heard the microphone.
51. Have small bundles of hair in the cat's ears so as not to let dust enter the ears directly.
52. The cat's ability to find its way home is called "psi-traveling," and experts believe that cats use angles to find their way under the sunlight. Or cats with magnetized brain cells can act as compasses.
53. Newton invented the cat hole. Once Newton did an experiment in a dark room. His cat kept knocking on the door to sabotage his experiment. The cat hole solves this problem.
54. The rarest coffee in the world is Kopi Luwak from Indonesia, a feral cat called Luwak that lives there. This wild cat eats coffee berries and coffee beans, and the coffee manure it excretes is cleaned and roasted by the locals to make coffee. Cat coffee sells for about $500 a packet, 450 grams (1 pound).
55. The cat's jaw cannot move sideways, so the cat cannot chew large pieces of food.
56. Cats almost go from meowing to another cat, mostly just to humans. Cats usually spit, purr, and boo at another cat.
57. The cat's back is very flexible because it has up to 53 loose vertebrae. There are only 34 humans.
58. About 1/3 of cat owners think their pet is able to understand their thoughts.
59. All cats have claws that they put away when they rest, with the exception of cheetahs.
60. Clouded leopards are different from cheetahs and other cats. Clouded leopards don't roar like other big cats, nor do they do kittens that tease their hair while resting. Cheetahs are different from other cats in that they hunt by running, while other cats hunt by jump. They slowly move to the prey and jump on it.
61. The richest cat is the Blackie, whose owner, Ben Rea, left £15 million after his death.
62. In Japan, cats are believed to have super energy after they die. This is because according to Buddhism, the reason why cats are very spiritual is that the cat's body is a temporary resting place for people.
63. Most cats are short-haired, and it wasn't until about 100 years ago, when breeding experiments with their own cats became a fashion in the world.
64. Cats have 32 muscles and can control the outer ear (humans only have 6). The cat can turn its ears 180 degrees independently.
65. Kittens sleep for a long time because growth hormone is released only when they sleep.
66. Cats have about 130,000 hairs per square inch (20,155 hairs per square centimeter).
67. The heaviest cat in the world is Himmy, a tabby cat from Queensland, Australia, which weighed nearly 47 pounds (21 kg) and died at the age of 10.
68. The oldest cat in the world is a cat from Austin, Texas, which lived from 1967 until August 6, 2005. Cats usually live to be 20 years old, which is equivalent to a person living to 96 years old.
69. The lightest cat in the world is a blue-spotted Himalayan cat known as Tinker Toy, which weighs just 1 pound 6 ounces (616 grams). "Height is 2.75 inches (7 cm) and 7.5 inches (19 cm) long.
70. The world's smallest cat is called Mr. Pebbles, a 2-year-old cat that weighs only 3 pounds (1.3 kilograms) and is only 6.1 inches (15.5 centimeters) tall.
71. There is a memorial tower dedicated to cats in Scotland, and in honor of a cat named Tower, she caught nearly 30,000 small mice in her lifetime.
72. In the 1750s, Europeans brought cats into the Americas to control rats.
73. The world's first cat show was held in London in 1871. Cat shows later set off a global boom.
74. The world's first cartoon cat image appeared in 1919, Felix the Cat. In 1940 Hollywood produced the first episode of the Tom and Jerry cartoon (Tom and Jerry), "Puss Gets the Boot." In 1981, Andrew Lloyd Weber created the musical Cat based on Eliot's poetry.
75. The normal body temperature of cats is between 100.5° and 102.5° F (Fahrenheit). If its temperature is below 100°C or above 103°F, then the cat is sick.
76. The cat has 230 bones on its body. There are only 206 pieces of people. Cats don't have collarbones, so it can go through holes the same size as its head.
77. Every cat's nose is unique, like a human fingerprint.
78. If the cat drinks plenty of water, it can tolerate temperatures up to 133°F.
79. Foods that cats can't eat include shallots, garlic, green tomatoes, raw potatoes, chocolate, grapes, and raisins. Although milk is not toxic, it can cause stomach upset and farts. Tylenol and aspirin are highly toxic to cats, and many common houseplants are also toxic to cats. Feeding cats dog food or food for human consumption such as canned tuna can cause malnutrition.
80.A 2007 Gallup poll showed that men and women like cats to the same degree.
81. The cat's heart beats twice as often as a human, beating 110-140 times in a minute.
82. The cat's body does not have sweat glands. Their sweat can only be discharged through the soles of their feet.
83. In just seven years, a pair of cats and their offspring can give birth to a staggering 420,000 kittens.
84. Depending on the size of their bodies, clouded leopards have the longest canine teeth of any animal. His dagger-like canine teeth can grow up to 1.8 inches (4.5 cm).
85. A cat spends nearly 1/3 of its waking hours cleaning its own hair.
86. An adult cat has 30 teeth. Kittens are born with 26 temporary teeth, all of which fall out when they are about 6 months old.
87. A kitten named Dusty set a fertility record. She had more than 420 kittens in her lifetime.
88. The largest cat breed Ragdoll. Male Ragdoll weighs 12 to 20 pounds (5.4-9.0 kg). The magnetic Ragdoll weighs 10 to 15 pounds (4.5-6.8 kg).
89. Cats are extremely sensitive to vibrations, and cats can sense the tremors of earthquakes 10 or 15 minutes before humans can detect them.
90. Cats do not undergo major changes during their domestication relative to dogs.
91 The longest non-fatal fall record holder is a cat named Andy. It fell from the 16th floor apartment building (at a speed of about 200 feet per 0.06 km) and came alive.
92. In the 1930s, Russian biologists discovered that the color of Siamese cats changes depending on their body temperature. Siamese cats carry the albinism gene, which only works when the body temperature is above 98°F, and if these kittens stay in a very warm room, their color will not darken and their bodies will still be milky white.
93. There are about 600,000 wildcats in the United States.
94. The oldest cat mother is called Kitty, and she gave birth to two kittens when she was 30 years old. 218 kittens were born in her lifetime.
95. The cat that went the furthest was "Hamlet", who escaped from the suitcase of the plane and hid in the plane pane for seven weeks. By the time it was discovered, it had flown nearly 373,000 miles (600,000 kilometers).
96. The most expensive cat in the world is a hybrid of the Asian Leopard Cat (ALC) and the Domestic Shorthair Cat (DSH), named Zeus. Zeus's pedigree is 90% from ALC and 10% from DSH, asking for £100,000 ($154,000).