- Domestic cats can jump between five and seven times as high as their tail.
- Cats have been associated with humans for at least 9,500 years.
- A cat's heart beats twice as fast as a human heart, at 110 to 140 beats per minute.
- Domestic cats are currently the most popular pet in the world..
- Ailurophobia is the hate or fear of cats
- Twenty-five percent of cat owners blow dry their cats hair after a bath.
- Killing a cat was punishable by death in ancient Egypt.
- The smallest domestic cat breed is the Singapura. Males weigh about 6 pounds (2.7 kg), while females weigh about 4 pounds (1.8 kg).
- Cats rely more on smell than taste.
- The largest cat breed in the world is the Ragdoll. Males weigh 12 to 20 pounds (5.4 to 9 kg), with females weighing 10 to 15 pounds (4.5 to 6.8 kg).
- Domestic cats use a variety of vocalizations. These include meowing, purring, trilling, hissing, growling, and grunting.
- An average cat has one-eight kittens per litter, and two-three litters per year.
- The earliest direct evidence of cat domestication is a kitten that was buried alongside a human 9,500 years ago in Cyprus.
- A domestic cat has 5 more vertebrae in her spinal column than her human does.
- The average cat sleeps between twelve to fourteen hours a day.
- The average age for an indoor cat is 15 years, while the average age for an outdoor cat is only 3 to 5 years.
- Cats' sense of smell is fourteen times stronger than that of humans.
- Cats spend 30 percent of their waking hours grooming themselves.
- Domestic cats have a body temperature of between 101 and 102.2 °F (38 and 39 °C).
- Ninety-five percent of all cat owners admit they talk to their cats.
- Twenty-one percent of U.S. households have at least one cat.
Facts about domestic cats
