Interesting Facts About Cats For

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Interesting facts about cats for kids

Cats are regarded differently in different cultures, sometimes not in a positive light. In ancient Egypt they were revered and considered sacred but in medieval Europe, they were suspected as being familiars of witches and were subject to widespread extermination.

Cat Facts

Cats have amazing night vision requiring only one sixth the amount of light to see objects as humans need. This is due in part to their enlarged pupils. At low light levels the pupil enlarges to cover almost all the surface area of the cat's eye. The domestic cat is however unable to process colors apart from blue and green, being indifferent to others such as red. So don?t take it personally if your cat snubs that new pretty red sweater you bought for it.

Contrary to what many people think cats have much better sense of hearing than dogs. They can detect frequencies ranging from 55Hz to 79 kHz while dogs can only hear up to 44 kHz. Humans can hear only up to a meager 18 kHz.

Think a cat?s whiskers are only on its face? In fact cats have whiskers all over their bodies which help them detect objects in the dark by sensing currents of air and by touching them.

Their sense of smell is not as acute as a dog?s (or else we may have had sniffer cats prowling airports) but about twice more powerful than a human?s.

Due to a mutation that occurred during the evolution of the cat they cannot taste sweetness, they only respond to bitter tastes. So if that chocolate bar you left on the table to enjoy after dinner goes missing don?t blame the cat.

Cats can tolerate very high temperatures, staying comfortable up to 52oC, 10oC more than a human. At such temperatures, they don?t sweat but pant a lot more.

Cats love to sleep, snoozing away for 13 to 16 hours on average. While other lazier varieties stay awake for just four hours a day. The phrase cat nap is adopted from such behavior of cats.

Cats are obsessively clean animals who love to groom themselves all day. Microscopic spikes on their tongues are used as a comb. So if you see a cat belching out a hair ball, you know where it came from.

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