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- The cat is a skilled predator and intelligent animal, known to hunt over 1,000 species for food, and capable of being trained (and learning by itself) to obey simple commands and manipulate simple mechanisms
- They use more than one hundred vocalizations and types of body language for communication, including calling ("meow" or "miaou"), purring, hissing, growling, chirping, clicking, and grunting
- Cats also possess rather loose skin; this enables them to turn and confront a predator or another cat in a fight, even when it has a grip on them
- The particular loose skin at the back of the neck is known as the scruff, and is the area by which a mother cat grips its kittens to carry them. As a result, cats have a tendency to relax and become quiet and passive when gripped there
- Sixty-two individual muscles in the ear allow for a manner of directional hearing: the cat can move each ear independently of the other. Because of this mobility, a cat can move its body in one direction and point its ears in another direction
- Cats conserve energy by sleeping more than most animals, especially as they grow older
- The term cat nap refers to the cat's ability to fall asleep (lightly) for a brief period and has entered the English lexicon – someone who nods off for a few minutes is said to be "taking a cat nap"
- Due to their crepuscular nature, cats are often known to enter a period of increased hyperactivity and playfulness during the evening and early morning
- For a cat at rest, the average heart rate should be between 150 and 180 bpm, about twice that of a human
- During a fall, a cat can reflexively twist its body and right itself using its acute sense of balance and flexibility. This is known as the cat's "righting reflex"
- Average cats have a visual field of view estimated at 200°, versus 180° in humans
- A domestic cat's sense of smell is about fourteen times as strong as a human's
- Some houseplants are harmful to cats. The leaves of the Easter Lily can cause permanent and life-threatening kidney damage to cats. Philodendron are also poisonous to cats
- the common painkiller, paracetamol, is extremely toxic to cats
- Many human foods are toxic to cats; chocolate, for example, can be fatal
- Their saliva is a powerful cleaning agent, but it can provoke allergic reactions in humans
- Cats prefer warmer temperatures than humans do
- The reproduction process can be very loud, as both cats vocalize loudly. If one is not used to the sounds of cats mating, it will sound like a cat fight
- Blue-eyed cats with white fur have a higher incidence of genetic deafness
- When a cat bonds with its owner, the cat may, at times, display behaviors similar to that of a human
- Recent studies have indicated that humans who are exposed to cats or dogs within the first year of their lives develop few animal allergies, while most adults who are allergic to animals did not have a cat or a dog as a pet in childhood
- Cats learn by trial and error, observation and imitation. Cats' learning abilities are aided by their good memory. Research has found cats to have memory about two hundred times better than dogs