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Cats do not scratch on furniture to sharpen their claws. They are tearing off the ragged edges of the sheaths of their talons, which they shed regularly throughout the year.
Cats have little or no collarbone.
A group of cats is called a clowder. A group of kittens is a kendle.
In Japan, tortoiseshell cats are thought to predict storms.
The term ailurophobe –one who fears cats – comes from Herodotus, the 5th century BC Greek historian, who called the cats he met in Egypt ailuroti: "tail wavers." An ailurophile is a person who loves cats.
Why do cats get stuck in trees? Their claws are constructed perfectly for climbing up, and impossibly for climbing down – they curve the wrong way.
Cats discriminate brightness seven times better than humans. The tapetum lucidum, a membrane that coats the eyes reflects the light.
The cat is one of only a few animals that can stare fixedly into the human eye.
The term "tabby" which describes a color pattern of stripes or mottling on cats, comes from the Spanish word "tabi" a cloth that resembles watered silk.
Cats have the greatest eye volume in proportion to its body weight of all mammals.
The cat, the giraffe, and the camel are the only mammals that walk by moving the front and hind legs first on one side, then the other.
Cats purr at 26 cycles per second, the same as an idling diesel engine.
The word "cat" first came into popular use during the 4th century. Palladius recommended the cattus be used to protect the artichoke gardens from vermin.
Garfield's creator Jim Davis does not own a cat. His wife is allergic.
Superstition: Giving your loved one a black kitten will bring good luck. But under no circumstances give them a dog.