Fun Facts about Cats

Thirty six percent of U.S. households have at least one cat. That means 42.7 million of us have feline friends. There is still so much to learn about cats!

If you think cat spends a lot of time sleeping, you would be correct. Cats spend 70 percent of their lives sleeping, which equals 13-16 hours per day.

A recent study discovered proved that house cats share 95.6% of their genetic makeup with tigers!. House cats also exhibit many of the same behaviors as wild cats, such as scent and pouncing and stalking their prey.

It is common knowledge that Egyptians domesticated the cat. But the oldest cat grave was actually discovered in Cyprus. It is over  9,500 years old, meaning it predates Eygyptian cat art by 4,000 years.

Speaking of Egyptians… Accoring to Herotodus, they loved their cats so much that the dearly departed cats’s family would shave off their eyebrows when their cats died. Now that’s devotion!

Stubbs, a beloved orange tabby was the mayor of Talkeetna, a town in Alaska for over 20 years. The locals and the tourist loved him  and he was reelected several times. He did not hold any legislative power but he got first pick of seafood.

The oldest cat lived to the ripe, old age of 38.  He was born in 1967 and lived until 2005. Wouldn’t it be nice to know what his owner did to keep him healthy for all of these years?