CAT FACTS

• Cats are the sleepiest of all animals.
• Cats average 16 hours of sleep a day.
• The most popular names for cats are Tiger and Samantha.
• The average life expectancy of cats is 16 years.
• The oldest cat on record was named Puss.
• Puss lived to be 36 years old.
• In an average year, U.S. cat owners spend $2.15 billion on cat food.
• In an average year, U.S. cat owners spend $295 billion on cat litter.
• Cats shed more in the light.
• Even ilumination from a TV set is enough to to spur shedding.
• Asprin is poisonous to cats.
• Chocolate is deadly to cats.
• Cats use their noses a thermometers.
• Cats walk can on their claws rather than their pads.
• Cats use their whiskers to find their way in the dark.
• Or to determine if they can fit in in a tight place.
• Cats spend 30% of their waken hours grooming themselves.
• Bathing cats can be harmful, it may remove natural oils on the skin, causing infection.
• Cats can't really see in the dark.
• Their daytime vision is only fair.
• However, their semidarkness sight is better than humans.
• Cats hearing rates as one of the top in the animal kingdom.
• Cats can hear sounds from hundreds of feet away.

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