It can be so fun to share facts about one of the most popular pets in the world: The Feline. Here are a few interesting favorites:
- Like humans with hands, cats can be left or right pawed. Male cats tend to be left pawed over right.
- Cats claws only face one direction — that’s why you’ll see them back down a tree versus climbing forward.
- Cats make over 100 different sounds!
- Cats can travel at a top speed of 31 miles per hour.
- During ancient times, smuggling a cat out of Egypt was punishable by death.
- Cats dislike water for a good reason — their coats don’t insulate as well when wet.
- It’s said that 1/3 of cat owners think their cat can read their mind.
- Cats spend an average of 1/3 of their waking hours cleaning themselves.
- Most cats don’t have eyelashes.
- Cats can detect tone of voice.
