Cat facts

Cat Facts.

Cats can't taste sweet things.

A cat's tongue consists of small hooks, which come in handy when tearing up food.

Cats have five toes on each front paw, but only four toes on each back paw.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

Neutering a cat extends it's life span by two or three years.

Mother cats teach their kittens to use the litter box.

A cat cannot see directly under its nose. This is why the cat cannot seem to find tidbits on the floor.

Most cats have no eyelashes.

Cats are the only animal that walk on their claws, not the pads of their feet.

Cats must have fat in their diet because they can't produce it on their own.

Cat's urine glows under a black light.

The average cat food meal is the equivalent to about five mice.

Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.

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.

A cat has four rows of whiskers on each side.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

A cat can jump seven times as high as it is tail.

A cat eats grass as it helps in digestion and also gets rid of fur in its stomach.