21 FELINE CURIOSITIES THAT (MAYBE) YOU STILL DON'T KNOW
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Cats are our greatest passion. We think we know everything about them but often "something" escapes us.
How many of you know these 21 little curiosities that characterize them?
Are you an expert cat lover? Let's find out together! The more points you know, the more experienced cat lovers you are.
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1) A cat can reach 49 km / h over short distances
2) An adult cat meows only to communicate with a human being.
3) The human being is seen as a giant cat mother. For this reason, modulating the sound of the "meow" as they would do with a mother cat as kittens. Domestic cats are puppies that have never been grown.
4) A cat sleeps 2/3 of the day. They spend 70% of their life sleeping.
5) His nails are oriented in one direction only so he can't go back down.
6) The cat's heart rate is very fast: it goes from 160 to 240 beats per minute and the younger the cat, the more this is accelerated.
7) Cats return a ball thrown away from its human (as dogs would).
8) Many domestic cats have the instinct not to drink the water from the bowl next to their food, because in nature the water near their killed prey could be contaminated.
9) Savannah cats can be safely tamed, growing as large as medium-sized dogs.
10) | Cats have scent glands on their snouts, which release a pheromone when they rub on us, this to make us understand that we are "stuff" them.
11) Cat hair sticks to clothes because their shaft is not smooth, but has raised cuticles that become like hooks capable of attaching to fabric.
12) Cats get their nails practically everywhere not to sharpen them but to leave their scent. The glands present in the fingertips secrete a smell perceived by other animals.
13) The flap of skin that hangs near the cat's hind legs, called the primordial bag, is not fat: it is used by the cat to jump and run fast.
14) Cats are able to pass everywhere because they do not have collarbones: only a residue of these bones remains incorporated in the shoulder muscles.
15) When the cat looks at his owner, opening and closing his eyes repeatedly, he wants to communicate affection and relaxation: the Anglo-Saxons call this winking cat kiss.
16) Cats hate cold food: the ideal temperature of their meal is around 38 degrees, which is the value of a recently killed prey.
17) Cats have five toes in their front legs and four toes in their back legs.
18) Cats can purr with the same frequency as an engine: about 26 purrs per minute!
19) Cats are the only animals that cannot taste sweet flavors: news dating back to 2005, when it was announced that feline taste buds have undergone mutations and are unable to recognize 'sweet' molecules.
20) Cats can produce over 100 vowel sounds.
21) Female cats can become pregnant with more than one male when they go into heat: it is for this reason that kittens can present enormous differences between them.
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