CAT with yellow eyes

in cat •  7 years ago  (edited)

 Ran up to our office, rubbed his feet and asked for food, but of course I gave her food! 

 I first saw it, but I think more will come to visit ! 

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According to Hebrew legend, Noah prayed to God for help protecting all the food he stored on the ark from being eaten by rats. In reply, God made the lion sneeze, and out popped a cat.

The first cat show was in 1871 at the Crystal Palace in London.

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A queen (female cat) can begin mating when she is between 5 and 9 months old.

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The most expensive cat was an Asian Leopard cat (ALC)-Domestic Shorthair (DSH) hybrid named Zeus. Zeus, who is 90% ALC and 10% DSH, has an asking price of £100,000 ($154,000).

It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure.

Some Siamese cats appear cross-eyed because the nerves from the left side of the brain go to mostly the right eye and the nerves from the right side of the brain go mostly to the left eye. This causes some double vision, which the cat tries to correct by “crossing” its eyes.

Cats come back to full alertness from the sleep state faster than any other creature.

The lightest cat on record is a blue point Himalayan called Tinker Toy, who weighed 1 pound, 6 ounces (616 g). Tinker Toy was 2.75 inches (7 cm) tall and 7.5 inches (19 cm) long.

A cat has approximately 60 to 80 million olfactory cells (a human has between 5 and 20 million).

A cat’s brain is biologically more similar to a human brain than it is to a dog’s. Both humans and cats have identical regions in their brains that are responsible for emotions.

One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.

All cats have claws, and all except the cheetah sheath them when at rest.

While many parts of Europe and North America consider the black cat a sign of bad luck, in Britain and Australia, black cats are considered lucky.

A cat can sprint at about thirty-one miles per hour.

A cat's normal temperature varies around 101 degrees Fahrenheit.

A kitten will typically weigh about 3 ounces at birth. The typical male housecat will weigh between 7 and 9 pounds, slightly less for female housecats.

In Japan, cats are thought to have the power to turn into super spirits when they die. This may be because according to the Buddhist religion, the body of the cat is the temporary resting place of very spiritual people.i

A cat’s back is extremely flexible because it has up to 53 loosely fitting vertebrae. Humans only have 34.

Some common houseplants poisonous to cats include: English Ivy, iris, mistletoe, philodendron, and yew.

Cats hate the water because their fur does not insulate well when it’s wet. The Turkish Van, however, is one cat that likes swimming. Bred in central Asia, its coat has a unique texture that makes it water resistant.

Grown cats have 30 teeth. Kittens have about 26 temporary teeth, which they lose when they are about 6 months old.

Cats can be right-pawed or left-pawed.

Purring does not always indicate that a cat is happy. Cats will also purr loudly when they are distressed or in pain.

All cats need taurine in their diet to avoid blindness. Cats must also have fat in their diet as they are unable to produce it on their own.

The cat has 500 skeletal muscles (humans have 650).

Many cats cannot properly digest cow's milk. Milk and milk products give them diarrhea.