Cats are definitely intriguing and interesting, but we believe you didn’t know these facts:
- Adult cats meow only to communicate with humans.
- Cat ears can rotate up to 180 degrees.
- Domestic cats spend about 70% of their days sleeping.
- Cats and humans have almost identical parts of the brain that controls emotions.
- The first cat year, in terms of growing up, is equal to 15 human years. After the second year, a cat turns 25 human years old, and after that, each cat year is equal to 7 human years.
- Their sense of hearing is the strongest – they can hear sounds up to 64 kHz, while people can only hear up to 20 kHz.
- Cats sweat only through the pads on their paws.
- They are mostly lactose intolerant, which is why they should not be given a lot of milk.
- There are a large number of videos with cats on YouTube, and the oldest recorded video of cats on this site dates from 1984.
- The first cat in space was from France, her name was Félicette and she was the only cat to survive a trip into space (1963). Unfortunately, the next year was fatal the next time and she did not survive.