What do you know about cats? Some Facts
Cats are the kings of all animals, at least those big ones... These interesting animals are wild cats, living in the forests. You probably have a much smaller but not less interesting one. How much do you know about cats? I bet you'll learn at least some new things about cats in this article.
- Did you know that at night cats can see 6 times better than humans? This is due to the construction of their eyes. Their pupils can become almost as wide as their entire eyes. This way they can catch much more light and therefore see much better.
- Did you know that you can find cats about anywhere in the world? They are existent in Africa as well as in icy Greenland. Due to their environment they have different looks and characteristics. Snow tigers, which are cats, have white and very thick tight hair. Obviously because there is snow and it is cold where they are living. Do you think the tigers in Africa have the same thick and tight hair?
- Just like dogs, cats can swim. They just don't like it and they probably don't know that they can swim...
- Cats can sleep very long, an eighteen-hour sleep is normal for some cats in hot areas.
- There was a cat, many thousand years ago, that inspired ancient Egyptians. It is nowadays called the Sphynx. They had cats without any hair. You can still find these but they are very seldom.
- Did you know that there are cats without tails? These cats are called Manx which originate from the Isle of Man Instead of tails they just have this so-called stub.
- Did you know that the fastest "land-animal" is a cat? The Cheetah which you can find in Afrika.
- There are also cats which really show great skills in hunting fish.
These are just some of the facts that you can find about cats. Use the internet to explore more about cats or have a look at my home page, there you can find lots of articles and stuff about cats as well as a special section about cat urine cleaning products: caturine-cleaner
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