facts about cats

Facts about cats
Many of us keep cats at home and love your pet, but cats - creatures more mysterious than we think. We offer you a selection of interesting facts about cats that you may not know.




1 Cats love to receive the gift of food


Cats - this is the only species of animal, preferring to get food without any effort on their part. According to the research, other - people, rats, dogs, dolphins - given the choice, prefer to still do something to get food. In some ways, cats are perfectly rational beings, at least when it comes to getting calories. So cats rightly sometimes referred to as "parasites."

2 Cats can live very long


Cat who lived unnaturally long, called Cream Puff: she was born on August 3, 1967-the first year, and died August 6, 2005-the year - the period of her life was 38 years and three days. This exceeds the normal cat's life expectancy is about three times: males live an average of 12-14 years, and females - 13-15 years. Interestingly, the host Cream Puff Jake Perry (Jake Perry) was more cat breed Sphynx, born in 1964 and died in 1998 at the age of 34 years and two months - a cat named Grandpa Rex Allen. Reasons for cats Perry managed to live so long, are not exactly known, but it never fed them special cat food sold in stores. Most likely, they ate various "natural" products - bacon, eggs and asparagus and broccoli. In practice, this can be dangerous, because cats need certain nutrients are not always contained in the human food: for example, cats can go blind if they do not get enough taurine contained in meat, and they need protein and calcium.

3 Purring Cats can be stopped by running water


When a cat purrs at a reception at the vet, the doctor can be difficult to distinguish her ​​heartbeat. Sometimes doctors in this case, open the faucet to get the cat to shut up - the sound of running water from the tap is usually stops purring.

4 cat rubs against the legs of the host, because he wants to mark it as their own

It's so cute, the cat rubs against your legs when you come home, right? Yeah, so the cat can express affection, but it also tries to mark you as his own, using cancer at attractive face. Tail and cat's paws are also scent glands, so that each step perpetrated cat leaves traces. For the same reason cats rub against the owners, when they just came out of the shower.

5 Cats contraindicated cow's milk

Cow's milk is not suitable for cats, so feed them kittens - a bad idea. Contrary to popular belief, many cats suffer from lactose intolerance, although they like the taste of milk and cream, these products can cause them indigestion, farting, diarrhea or nausea. More cats in any case should not be given chocolate, garlic and raisins.

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