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       CAT FACTS
       By: eba95 Date: August 9, 2010, 4:06 am
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       The mother's purr acts as a homing
       device, announcing to her babies
       that nursing time has arrived.
       Kittens begin to purr in return at
       about one week of age - perhaps as
       a gesture of gratitude, or maybe as a
       request for milk - and continue to
       purr for the rest of their lives.
       • After cats eat, they always
       immediately bathe themselves. This
       is because their instinct tells them to
       get the food scent off them so that
       predators will not smell the food and
       come after them.
       • When cats are happy or pleased,
       they sqeeze their eyes shut.
       • How a cat 'speaks' is quiet
       remarkable. They don't speak
       phrases to express affection,
       outrage, hunger, loneliness,
       boredom, confusion, happiness and
       fear in their natural frequency range,
       which would be inaudible to
       humans, but at a much lower
       frequency that humans can hear.
       Some researchers believe they may
       have learned we can't hear them in
       their natural range and have
       adapted so they can relate to us on
       our terms.
       • The ancient Egyptians worshipped
       cats as Gods. Any cat owner can tell
       you that cats have never gotten over
       it!
       • The reason for the lack of mouse-
       flavored cat food is due to the fact
       that the test subjects (cats,
       naturally!) turned up their noses at
       the formula!
       • The cat uses it's tail like a tight-rope
       walker uses a long pole - as a
       counterweight to aid balance. Even
       though the tail is useful for this, it is
       also used for communication
       purposes. Cats born without tails do
       manage, though. There are other
       methods of balancing
       • Did you know that cats can listen for
       prey by rotating their ears
       independently? Or that their
       whiskers can detect movements
       2,000 times smaller than the width
       of a human hair? Or that house cats,
       unlike other domesticated animals,
       have changed very little over the
       past 4,000 years?
       • The infamous Black Plague in Europe
       was due in part to the fact that
       people believed those with cats
       were witches. So all the cats were
       rounded up, caged and burned,
       leaving the rats (with their disease
       causing parasites) to run free and
       multiply. Those harbouring cats
       were often those who survived.
       • Cats see so well in the dark because
       their eyes actually REFLECT light.
       Light goes in their eyes, and is
       reflected back out; their eyes actually
       work as built-in flashlights.
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