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When Stinky the Cat first moved in, she was very skinny. Then she got much fatter. But not because she was pregnant. She just loves to eat late at night.
A cat's whiskers are thought to be a kind of radar, which helps a cat gauge the space it intends to walk through.
Stinky the Cat seldom walks anywhere. She usually is at a dead run. Even through the house. That's why we call her 'Busy'. She corners rather comically at high speed. It reminds me of the fat ballerina elephant in Fantasia.
I cannot speak as to her whiskers. She moves so fast, they are usually at a blur.
The strongest climber among the big cats, a leopard can carry prey twice its weight up a tree.
I'm pretty sure Stinky the Cat is stronger than a leopard. She pulls herself up like a chinnup champion all the time. When she pulled the screen from the window, she first had to jump up, grab the special grate we put up to keep her out of the window, did a full-on fat-cat pullup, then climbed over, and pulled out the screen. I'd like to see a leopard do THAT.
Female cats tend to be right pawed, while male cats are more often left pawed. Interestingly, while 90% of humans are right handed, the remaining 10% of lefties also tend to be male.
I'm pretty sure Stinky the Cat is ambidextrous. I once told her that one cat joke: "What did the tabby say to the gray sphinx....I'd give my left paw, to be ambidextrous". She seemed to enjoy it very much. I don't think she would have reacted positively, if she thought I was poking fun at her being single-pawed.
A happy cat holds her tail high and steady.
I think we already talked about this. Maybe you are getting tired and repeating yourself? I hope not. I have all night and many chocolate chip cookies and root beer at my desk.
Tigers are excellent swimmers and do not avoid water.
We've never taken Stinky the Cat to the pool. But I did take her to the veterinarian. They didn't say anything about NOT swimming.
I think next summer I will take her to the lake (no chlorine), and see if she is like a Tiger. I'm guessing since she is an Egyptian Fell Dog, she will do the doggy paddle. As a parent, these things can cause us stress in social situations. Peer pressure and all.
However...Stinky the Cat has too much self confidence and self esteem to worry about such things. So now I am not worried any longer.
A happy cat holds her tail high and steady.
When I tug on Stinky the Cat's tail, she lets out a "aaack" sound, much like Bill The Cat. It is not a steady tone though.
Cats walk on their toes.
Yes I'm fully aware. Like I said about 26 minutes ago, Stinky the Cat runs around the house like a chubby elephant in a tutu. You can't do THAT on the balls of your cat feet!!!
According to a Gallup poll, most American pet owners obtain their cats by adopting strays.
The Gallops don't really know much about diddly.
People do not adopt cats. Cats adopt people.
The idea that there is choice on this side of the matter is laughable.
Case in point. When Stinky the Cat first hit our area of the county, she ran full speed into the neighbors house one day when the sliding back door was open. She was a really skinny, odd looking cat with tufts of fur sticking out everywhere but where they should be, that couldn't meow and bothered their child to no end. They invited her to leave.
She then ran into the neighbor to the right's office door as fast as possible. As if to say, "I'll think live here". She was not any better looking by then. Their chihuahua's were not amused by her antics. For some reason they did not like a kamikaze cat that ran at them like a banshee at the water bowl. They invited her to leave as well. (The neighbors...the dogs were under the bed).
Next she ran into our house like her tail was afire. We had no thought about her, really. But like writing on Steemit, persistence sometimes pays off. She would not take no for an answer. Eight years later, she is sitting here, looking at me as I write this. "Wondering what I am writing"? "Why, a grand tome all about your wonderful greatness, Stinky", I respond. But she is gone before I get to "your". Some commotion is going on in the kitchen. Not much has changed, except she is a whole lot fatter and better looking now.
A domestic cat can run at speeds of 30 mph.
I'm pretty sure Stinky the Cat can run about 63mph. At least it seems like it when I am sitting on the couch and she runs by in a blur over and over again.
Cat families usually play best in even numbers. Cats and kittens should be aquired in pairs whenever possible.
Cats have individual preferences for scratching surfaces and angles. Some are horizontal scratchers while others exercise their claws vertically.
If you had to really tie her down and discover Stinky the Cat's preference, it would be " the right-side arm of the couch", and "every now and then, or more often." I'm pretty sure angle of scratch is pretty much kitty free-form though. "Just as long as the stuffin's come out with efficiency, I'm happy". -Stinky the Cat
Cats can be right-pawed or left-pawed.
If a human that is left handed is called a South Paw", what is a CAT that is left 'pawed' called?
While it is commonly thought that the ancient Egyptians were the first to domesticate cats, the oldest known pet cat was recently found in a 9,500-year-old grave on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. This grave predates early Egyptian art depicting cats by 4,000 years or more.
I'm pretty sure you have that backwards. It should read: "The ancient Cyprus-ians were the first people to be picked by ancient cats to be allowed to live with a cat.
IE: The first people chosen to be allowed to feed and litter box and (much later) drive the cat around in a wheeled vehicle, and pile up laundry for the cat to sleep on and buy thousands of nice flat stones' (I do not know what the ancient Cyprus currency was called) worth of cat toys from large, boxy stores.
A commemorative tower was built in Scotland for a cat named Towser, who caught nearly 30,000 mice in her lifetime.
Wow, a Towser Tower. Maybe I should build a commemorative Stink Sink.
The average lifespan of an outdoor-only (feral and non-feral) is about 3 years; an indoor-only cat can live 16 years and longer. Some cats have been documented to have a longevity of 34 years.
In the 1930s, two Russian biologists discovered that color change in Siamese kittens depend on their body temperature. Siamese cats carry albino genes that work only when the body temperature is above 98° F. If these kittens are left in a very warm room, their points won’t darken and they will stay a creamy white.
An adult lion's roar can be heard up to five miles (eight kilometers) away.
I'm pretty sure Stinky the Cat's litter box could be smelled farther away than that. But she has to do what she can, as she can't meow, let alone roar...
Isaac Newton invented the cat flap. Newton was experimenting in a pitch-black room. Spithead, one of his cats, kept opening the door and wrecking his experiment. The cat flap kept both Newton and Spithead happy.
Purring does not always indicate that a cat is happy. Cats will also purr loudly when they are distressed or in pain.
What about a cat that purrs and snorts and grunts at the same time like a rutting brush pig? Is THAT a sign of anything important??
According to a Gallup poll, most American pet owners obtain their cats by adopting strays.
Cats spend nearly 1/3 of their waking hours cleaning themselves.
I'm not sure Stinky the Cat HAS 1/3 waking hours. And if so, she is so busy running about, cleaning seems to take a back seat to all other shenanigans.
There are approximately 100 breeds of cat.
Two members of the cat family are distinct from all others: the clouded leopard and the cheetah. The clouded leopard does not roar like other big cats, nor does it groom or rest like small cats. The cheetah is unique because it is a running cat; all others are leaping cats. They are leaping cats because they slowly stalk their prey and then leap on it.
Stinky the Cat is more of a "shinny-climb the porch post-pole to the roof, then run away really fast when you poke holes in Dad's tarp building roof by the garage when you jump off the house-roof to the expensive tarpola part", cat.
A cat named Dusty, aged 1 7, living in Bonham, Texas, USA, gave birth to her 420th kitten on June 23, 1952.
Stinky the Cat just looked at me as if to say..."Dusty must have had a bit of a wobble, after all that ". Not sure what that means....
According to Hebrew legend, Noah prayed to God for help protecting all the food he stored on the ark from being eaten by rats. In reply, God made the lion sneeze, and out popped a cat.
Cats dislike citrus scent.
For some reason, when I first read that, it came out as "cat's dislike circus tents." Besides needing some heavy analysis on why THAT popped into my head first, the other part WOULD be related to cats.
For example: How many cats in history have run off to join the circus in the past? How many big-tent cattivities (cat activities...think major acts in the big ring) have been put forth in the old days of Barnum and Baily and the like? Cat on a tiny bike? Cat shot out of the giant cannon into the net? Cat Clown sidekick? Maybe putting your pet mouse's head into the small cats mouth? Guess the weight of the chubby cat? I think some historical research is in order here.
Stinky the Cat just reminded me here that no cat worth it's 17 cents worth of Kibble would even consider lowering itself to these sort of "falderaugh-ish actions of the self deprecation-al absurd" (her words, not mine). So, maybe you should forgo any further, time-wasting exercises of looking into this world for catfact research. A large 'nevermind' is in order here.
Cats are now Britain's favourite pet: there are 7.7 million cats as opposed to 6.6 million dogs.
A cat can jump up to five times its own height in a single bound.
What about leaping tall buildings and speeding locomotives?
Cats dislike citrus scent.
A cat's brain is more similar to a man's brain than that of a dog.
I'm pretty sure you are insulting women here, by leaving them out of this equation. I asked Stinky the Cat what she about this. All she replied was 'duh'. I'm pretty sure this is in reference to the whole brain thing, and her being smarter than a dog. Not related to gender-bias issues.
Plus, we think she is actually an Egyptian Fell Dog. So the whole idea of saying a cat, that is actually more of a dog, is smarter than a dog, probably puts her in a real dizzying, existential conundrum. At least that is what I think of all this. She is no longer in my office, to finish this thought. Someone just knocked on the front door, and off she went to investigate. Like I said, more of a dog than a cat, but smarter than a dog.
According to Hebrew legend, Noah prayed to God for help protecting all the food he stored on the ark from being eaten by rats. In reply, God made the lion sneeze, and out popped a cat.