Domestic cats are capable of sprinting at about 31 miles per hour.

When cats walk or run, they step with both left legs, then both right
legs, and so forth.

Cats are capable of jumping 5 times as high as they are tall.

When grooming, cats lose almost as much fluid through saliva as they do
when they urinate.

Nearly 30% of a cat's life is spent grooming itself.

Cats' brains are more similar to the human brain than they are to dogs.
In fact, cats and humans have identical regions in the brain responsible
for emotion.

The hair on a cat's body will stand up fairly evenly all over the body
when the cat is frightened, but the hair will stand up only in a narrow
band along the spine and tail when the cat is threatened or ready to
attack.

Cats are people...we just don't know it.

Ask any cat!

Cats lap liquid from the underside of their tongue rather than from the
top when drinking.

The oldest known cat lived to the ripe old age of 34.

Compared to a dog's approximately 10 vocalization sounds, cats have a
whopping 100 different vocalization sounds.

The type of name that cats respond most readily to are those that end in
an "ee" sound.

The only breed of domestic feline natural to America is the Maine Coon
cat.

There are some 100 different breeds of cat.

Cats have the largest eyes of any mammal in relation to body size.

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Interesting Cat Facts

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Cats have been domesticated for only half as long as dogs.
Cat hearts beat twice as fast as human hearts.
Cat nose pads are unique like fingerprints.
Cats are the only animals that purr.
Cats purr at about 26 cycles per second, the same frequency as an idling
diesel engine.
Cats have 290 bones
Cats have 527 muscles.
Cats have five more vertebrae then humans
Cats have some of the sharpest hearing in the animal kingdom. If you
often find your cat waiting for you at the door when you come home, it's
because he or she can hear and recognize your footsteps from hundreds of
feet away.
One pair of cats and their kittens can produce 420,00 new kittens in
just seven years.
A falling cat always rights itself in the same way. First, it rotates
its head. Second, it twists its spine. Third, it aligns its rear legs,
and finally, it arches its back to lessen the impact on landing.
In relationship to their body size, cats have the largest eyes of any
mammal.
A cat born with one blue eye is often deaf in the ear closest to the
blue eye.
Cats can't see as well in the dark as you think. Although they can't see
perfectly in total darkness, they do see better than humans in
semidarkness.
If a cat becomes so overweight that its sides stick out farther than its
whiskers, it will lose its sense of perception and stability.
Cats almost never meow at another cat. They use this sound to
communicate with humans.
Sir Isaac Newton invented the cat door.
Feeding a cat dog food can cause blindness. Dog food lacks taurine, a
nutrient essential for cat health. Taurine keeps their hearts healthy
and their eyesight sharp.
32% of homeowners have at least one cat.

Cats also don't like being shaved

My cat licks the hair off his belly. The vet says he is fine. is he just
fooked up in the head lmao.

kate do they like being waxed???? LMAO

i've never tried john

Saddly, not all cats are capable of "righting" themselves if they fall
from too high of a place. In the summer time more cats come to vets
offices from a high fall than any other time because people leave their
windows open.

Cats are the only animals that purr.

I have a question. Are skunks considered a part of the cat family? I
have heard them refferred to as pole cats before but are they ana ctual
part of the cat family. The reasonmI ask is I cn tellyou from direct
experience that a skunk does purr just like a cat.