Cat Facts
& Quotes

Cats love to nap, they average 16 hrs of sleep per day.
Morris The Cat, of TV fame, was adopted from an animal shelter in the late 70's.
A cat's pupil will dilate widely when he or she is angered, afraid or aggressive.
A long slow blink from a cat is a sign of relaxed contentment.
In 1987 cats overtook dogs as the number one pet in America.
Americans spend more annually on cat food than on baby food.
Cats must hame fat in their diet because they can't produce it on their own.
Cats are the only animal that walk on their claws, not the pads of their feet.
A cat can't see directly under its nose, this is why they can't find food on the floor.
Tylenol and chocolate are both poisionous to cats.
Cats have AB blood groops just like people.
In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death.
The chlorine in fresh tap water irritates sensitive parts of the cat's nose.
Let tap water sit for 24 hours before giving it to a cat.
Purring means happiness, but cats also purr when they are in pain.
The oil in the catnip plant has the same reaction to a cat as marijuana does to people.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds.
A cat can jump seven times as high as it is tall.

Garfields' Law:  Cats instinctively know the precise moment their owners will awaken, then they awaken them ten minutes sooner.  
--Jim Davis

Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose.  
--Garrison Keillor

The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.  
--W. C. Fields

The cat who doesn't act finicky soon loses control of his owner.  
--Morris the Cat

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never hurts to ask for what you want.  
--Joseph Wood Krutch

The cat has too much spirit to have no heart.  
--Ernest Menaul

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life:  music and cats.  
--Albert Schwietzer

There are many intelligent species in the universe.  They are all owned by cats.  
--Anonymous

One cat just leads to another!  
--Ernest Hemingway

In a cats eye, all things belong to cats.   
--Ellen Perry Berkeley

Cat:  A pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs and patronizes human beings. 
--Oliver Herford