fun cat facts

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Do you want to adopt a cat ?

Check out these fun cat facts. Learn about cats as pets, what do you like, how long they sleep and much more.

- Cats are one of popular pet in the world. 

- Cats spend a large amount of time licking their coats to keep them clean.

- There are over 500 million domestic cats in the world.

- On average cats live for around 12 to 15 years.

- Cats and humans have been associated for nearly 10000 years.

- Domestic cats love to play, this is especially true with kittens who love to chase toys and play fight. Play fighting among kittens may be a way for them to practice and learn skills for hunting and fighting.

- Cats conserve energy by sleeping for an average of 13 to14 hours a day.

- Older cats can at times act aggressively towards kittens.

- Cats knead with their paws when they're happy.

  
- Cats also have excellent hearing and a powerful sense of smell.

- The more cats are spoken to, the more they will speak to you.

- Cats have powerful night vision, allowing them to see at light levels six times lower than what a human needs in order to see.

- Cats have flexible bodies and teeth adapted for hunting small animals such as mice and rats.

- Cats can be lethal hunters and very sneaky, when they walk their back paws step almost exactly in the same place as the front paws did beforehand, this keeps noise to a minimum and limits visible tracks.

- Domestic cats usually weigh around 4 kilograms to 5 kilograms .

 
- The heaviest domestic cat on record is 21.297 kilograms