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20 Impressive Cat Facts You’ll Definitely Want to Know
The internet is never on a shortage of cats. That’s why we’ve catered to their whim by giving you some handy cat facts!
Whether you love cats or not, you can’t deny that they have some sort of mystical appeal to them. It’s not just in the way their eyes seem to be gazing right into your soul. And it’s not their little inexplicable quirks, either. They’re just, for lack of a better term, oddities. Adorable, interesting oddities.
Want a better understanding of cats? Keep right on reading because we’ve got a bunch of feline fun facts that might just make you love (or fear) them even more.
1. When cats "smile" they're tasting the air though a special breathing technique. They can taste your fear!
2. Despite that, they can't taste sweets.
3. Cats are able to hear and vocalize more sounds than dogs. In fact, they can recognize their human’s voice, but they’re usually too cool to care.
4. Here's a sinister one. Cats can imitate the sound of a human baby when they need food. They know that humans will instinctually react to this. Sneaky, huh?
5. Cats land on their feet so well that some of them have been known to survive falling onto concrete from a height of 320 meters!
6. According to Psychology Today, a cat's brain is 90% similar to a human brain.
7. The feline cerebral cortex (or that part in their noggin' in charge of processing information) has 300 million neurons, while dogs only have 160 million.
8. Take the storage data of an iPad, multiply it by a thousand, and that's the storage capacity of the feline brain. It's about a million times quicker, too.
9. Cats have a lower social IQ than dogs, but they tend to be smarter when it comes to problem solving.
10. When it comes to speed, a house cat can run faster than Usain Bolt! Usain's average speed is at 23.5mph, whereas a house cat can average up to 30mph!
11. Cats can't see in complete darkness, but they do require seven times less light than humans to be able to see.
12. Cats learn by imitation.
13. Why do cats bring you dead things? It's not a loving present. Instead, it's to show you that you suck at hunting, so they're doing it for you!
14. Cat collarbones aren’t connected to other bones. That’s what makes their bodies so flexible and capable of squeezing into tiny things.
15. The super handy cat door is said to have been invented by Isaac Newton.
16. Way back in 3600BCE, cats were already being domesticated in Egypt to handle mice getting into food storage areas.
17. Leaving their poop uncovered denotes their lack of respect for you. Boo.
18. Cats can be great leaders. In fact, Talkeetna, Alaska once had a mayor named Stubbs. This badass kitty has survived a gunshot wound, falling into a deep fryer, and jumping off a moving vehicle!
19. The richest cat in the world is named Tommaso. How'd he get so rich? His human was an old Italian heiress who left him her entire fortune of $13 million!
20. Living CAT Scan, Fidge is said to have detected her human's breast cancer. Fidge would sit on her right breast every night for two weeks until it was confirmed that her human had cancer.
Are we missing any important cat facts? Let us know in the comments below!