Cat Facts

Random, fun and interesting cat facts, including little known statistics, history, myth, amazing anatomy, and more to learn and share. Amaze your friends with this unusual facts!

• There are more than 500 million domestic cats in the world, with approximately 40 recognized breeds.

• A cat can jump up to five times its own height in a single bound.

• Every year, nearly four million cats are eaten in Asia.
  

  One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.

• The most popular pedigreed cat is the Persian cat.

• Unlike dogs, cats do not have a sweet tooth.

• A cat has 230 bones in its body. A human has 206.

• Cats hate the water because their fur does not insulate well when it’s wet.

• A cat almost never meows at another cat, mostly just humans.

• A cat can independently rotate its ears 180 degrees.

• Cats can see in the dark.

• Cats instinctively imitate the hiss of snakes.

• Nikola Tesla got zapped by his cat.

• Every night, Disneyland releases over 200 feral cats into the park to keep its rodent population under control.

• Cats spend nearly 1/3 of their waking hours cleaning themselves.

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