1Peterbald cats
Peterbald cats are mostly hairless and require sunscreen if it goes outside. It also needs to be bathed regularly.
2. There is a new breed of cat called a Lykoi that has the appearance of a "werewolf".
3. Tortoiseshell cats are almost always female. Male ones are incredibly rare and are usually sterile.
4. Fading Kitten Syndrome is a variety of issues including pale gums, low respiratory rate and body temperature that can affect kittens and lead to death if not properly treated.
5. The little slits on the outside of a cat's ears are called Henry's Pocket, and no one is quite sure why they are there.
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6Catnip
When a cat eats catnip, it acts as a sedative, but when smelled, it causes the cat to go crazy.
7. Cats actually have whiskers all over their bodies which they use to gauge data about their surroundings.
8. The unique curly-haired kitties known as the Selkirk Rex can all trace their beginnings back to one single Montana shelter cat.
9. “Bossy”, a Scottish Fold Cat is the director of communications at the Romanian company ‘Catbox’ and earns a salary of $225 a month (plus bonuses), which is more than some Romanians working in rural areas.
10. A female cat can apparently have kittens until they die of old age. Only humans, killer whales and pilot whales have menopause.
11Sphynx cat
The Sphynx cat came about barely in the 1960s and originated in Canada when a domestic cat gave birth to a hairless kitten. It was then bred solely for its natural hairless trait.
12. The Himalayan cat is an engineered cross-breed of Siamese and Persian. The Himalayan Mountains are located roughly halfway between Persia and Siam.
13. Cats can recognize their owner’s voice. They just never evolved to care.
14. Contrary to popular belief, cats like it when they are pet when eating
15. The first commercially produced pet clone was 'Little Nicky' a Maine Coon cat. His owner paid $50,000 in 2004 to have her deceased cat 'Nicky' cloned.
16Sleep
Cats spend 70% of their lifetime sleeping.
17. In 2005, a cat named Emily in Wisconsin got into a paper shipping container, resulting in a three-week trip to France without reliable food or water. When found, she got to fly back home in business class for free.
18. The theories of why cats like being inside boxes are 1) they are terrible at conflict resolution, so they hide, 2) they are ambush predators, so they are drawn to sneaky spots, and 3) their ideal temperature is 30-36°C and the corrugated card is a great insulator.
19. As a kitten, a cat named Trim "fell overboard, but managed to swim back to the vessel and climb aboard by scaling a rope". Trim also circumnavigated Australia.
20. The Toyger is a cat bred to look like a miniature tiger.
21Cat Domestication
Cats domesticated themselves. Genetic studies show Persians and Siamese cats wandered into Near Eastern settlements at the dawn of agriculture. Their mission was food, not friendship.
22. Domestic cats may eat their kittens for a variety of reasons, including stress, poor food supply, inexperience at parenthood, or for no apparent reason.
23. An average cat has 1-8 kittens per litter and 2-3 litters per year. During her productive life, one female cat could have more than 100 kittens. A single pair of cats and their kittens can produce as many as 420,000 kittens in just 7 years.
24. In Holland’s embassy in Moscow, two Siamese cats kept meowing and clawing at the walls of the building. Their owners finally investigated, thinking they would find mice. Instead, they discovered microphones hidden by Russian spies.
25. Cats are shown drinking milk in stories and TV shows, but in reality most cats are lactose intolerant.
