12 Cool Facts About Cats
Cats spend up to 30% of their time grooming themselves. They lose almost as much fluid through saliva as they do through urination.
Cats can run at a top speed of about 48 km/h over short distances - just marginally faster than dogs. But, like cats in the wild, they can't keep it up for long.
Ginger cats are mostly male and tortoiseshell cats are mostly female.
Adult female cats can have a new litter every four months, which is why it is important to have domestic cats spayed.
Egyptians first domesticated the African Wild Cat about 4 000 years ago, apparently to keep rodents at bay in their granaries. Many domestic cats spread by travelling on ships on trading routes to the rest of the world from Egypt.
Cats are true carnivores and need at least 30% of protein in their diets. They are the only domesticated carnivores - if they were any bigger, it would be very expensive to feed them.
When cats walk, they step first with both left legs and then with both right legs. The only other animals who do this, are the camel and the giraffe.
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Submitted October 01, 2017 at 08:34AM by FlyingSD
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