Interesting facts about cats and cats

Cats are among the most beloved and common pets. It would seem that living side by side with an animal, we fully studied it and know everything about it. However, this is far from the case, and cats always have something to surprise people. Recorded a lot of interesting facts about cats and cats.

Cats, like all other animals, have their own interests and things that bring them pleasure. First of all, pets appreciate comfort, good care and good nutrition. Cats love the heat, so they often lie on the ground, warmed by the sun, or on sofas and armchairs.

Animals will not miss the opportunity to share with the owner of his food. However, it should be remembered that the food from the table of a person is not suitable for a cat and may harm its health.

Cats are very clean by nature and love to watch their appearance. They clean their own wool, wash their eyes and ears, and clean their claws. They also like their toilet to be cleaned, so the animal tray should always be clean and dry.

Virtually every cat loves to conquer the top. Therefore, they tend to jump on high cabinets, climb up the carpets and climb on the curtains. Another favorite activity of cats is claw turning. Pets do it with pleasure about furniture or interior decoration items. This problem can be solved by timely training to the scraper.

Pets are often interesting indoor plants. Animals can touch them with paws, sniff and even eat. To preserve indoor flowers and protect the animal from poisoning with poisons that are found in some plants, it is best to plant special grass for cats at home. Pets love affection, attention and care, even if they sometimes try to show the opposite. In any case, do not forget that each cat is individual and may have its own specific addictions.

Ever since ancient times, people were interested in the unusual feature of cats in the fall. Surprising in this process is that animals always land on all 4 paws. To understand the essence of such a mysterious phenomenon, conducted serious research.

It was found that the ability to fall on the paws when falling falls on kittens aged 3-4 weeks. Finally, the skill is formed at 6-7 weeks from the moment of birth.

In order for an animal to make a complete 180 ° turn in the air, the fall height must be at least 30 cm. The developed vestibular apparatus, which is located in the inner ear, is mainly responsible for the amazing landing abilities. In addition, cats have a reflex during the fall to breed limbs to the sides.

However, reflex breeding paws may not work if the height of the fall is too large, as the animal may experience shock. If the cat falls from a small height, he may be injured, as he does not have time to group. As for the fall rate, regardless of the height, it will not exceed 100 km / h.

It was found that when a fall, the rearrangement technique is almost identical for all cats. Animals pull the front limbs closer to themselves, and the rear straightens. Then the cat quickly changes the position of the body, while its front and rear parts are deflected in different directions. After that, the front limbs are stretched out and the rear legs are pressed closer to the body.

The rear and front of the hull rotate and take the desired position for landing. It is believed that the tail helps the cats to feel the balance and take the desired position. However, representatives of tailless breeds land on their paws as well as their cousins ​​with a tail.

Whiskers not only decorate the cat's face, but also perform a number of important functions. If we talk about the scientific name of a mustache, it sounds like vibrissae. They are solid long hairs that are a special sense organ.

Vibrissae are not only near the cat's nose, but are scattered in some areas on the body, such as the chin, the area above the eyes and on the hind and forelimbs. Each such hair is equipped with a hair bag, near which the nerve endings are located.

Vibrissae are able to catch air currents that come from close objects, and cats with their help get information about nearby objects and feel obstacles. It is the vibrissae that help animals navigate well in the dark. The whiskers also help to sense objects that are in the so-called blind zone. The fact is that cats do not see well at short distances. Thus, mustache and smell can help find cats and petty food in close proximity to cats.

Animals can not be deprived of the vibrissus. If you cut off the whiskers, it will not be fatal for a pet, but it will negatively affect his mental state and ability to navigate well in space. Do not be afraid if on the floor or on the furniture in the house were found several falling vibrissae. Cats periodically lose their whiskers throughout life, but new ones grow in their place. Exceptions are cases when they start to fall in large quantities. This may indicate a lack of vitamins or disease.

It is believed that with the help of a mustache cats can express their emotions. If the vibrissae are sent to the side and not tense, the pet is in a calm mood. When an animal puts its whiskers forward and holds them in such a tense position, this indicates anxiety. If the mustache is pressed to the face, then at the moment the pet is angry or fearful. To get complete information about the state of the cat, it is important to analyze the totality of its gestures and sounds made, and not take into account only the position of the whiskers.

There are many different myths about cats. False beliefs also affected the eyesight of animals. Some believe that cats by their nature cannot distinguish colors, but see the world around them in black and white. In fact, they know how to capture and define shades.

Animals worse distinguish between green, yellow and red tones. But they have a subtle perception of gray and dark colors. This can be explained by a pet's lifestyle. The main prey for domesticated predators are rodents that have gray fur. Green color is primarily vegetation, which is not the main component in the diet of cats.

Almost all people know about the strong love of cats to sleep. However, not every person can say exactly how much time animals sleep. According to statistics, animals spend on sleep about 70% of their lives. They can sleep 18 hours a day.

Such a duration of sleep is not due to laziness of animals, as it may seem at first glance. The fact is that by nature cats are predators.

The hunter cycle looks something like this: the cat hunts down prey, approaches it and attacks. All this happens usually in a few minutes, during which the animal spends a lot of energy. After that, it eats prey and should give the body a rest and recover, and therefore falls asleep.

At home, instead of hunting, kittens and adults are forced to simply run and play with various objects. Prey replaces food that gives people pets. At the same time, the feature of the organism does not change, and the domestic predator, like the wild relatives, is forced to recuperate after the “hunt,” and therefore it goes to bed.

As for the place to sleep, animals prefer to choose for themselves a warm and safe haven. Instinctively, they seek to climb as high as possible, be it wood or a wardrobe. Cats believe that no one there can detect and disturb them, and they, in turn, will be able to see what is happening below.

It has long been known that cats can communicate not only with their fellows, but also with other animals and humans. They do this with the help of movements, facial expressions, sounds and chemical signals. A person can perceive not all signals, with the help of which cats transmit information.

Between the animals often communicate with the help of the sounds emitted. Cats have rather developed vocal cords. Therefore, they can produce a variety of signals in tone, volume and intonation.

Analyzing the voice signals of cats, you can understand what emotions they are experiencing at the moment and what they want to report. For example, pets often complain using low timbres, and high spirits demonstrate good mood. With cats kittens prefer to communicate with the help of special sounds that a person can not catch.

In addition to voice, animals use body language, facial expressions and odors for communication. Chemical signals most often mean that cats mark their territory. For humans, such tags say little, but other animals can take quite a lot of information. For example, they recognize by smell the age of a cat and its behavioral characteristics. For a person, pet movements and facial expressions are more understandable.

Having watched at least just one look of a cat, you can get information about her mood and emotions. Semi-closed eyelids often talk about her relaxed state, especially if it is accompanied by purring. Big bulging eyes signal the pet's interest in the object of observation or that something is bothering him.

It is best to pay attention at once to all the signals that the cat gives. Not only the eyes and vocal cords can be involved in communication, but also the tail, ears, vibrissae, limbs, and the entire body as a whole. Each pet may have its own set of characters to convey those or other emotions. With frequent regular communication with the animal over time, they become clear to the loving owner.

Cat's paws, of course, are among the most interesting parts of the pet's body, which cause positive emotions in many people. Paws also perform many useful functions for a pet. With regard to their structure, then on the front limbs in the norm should be 5 fingers, and on the rear - 4.However, genetic mutations are possible when there are 6 or more fingers on the paws.

It is believed that representatives of the cat family, like people, can be right-handed and left-handed. The dominant limb of a cat is usually used to perform complex actions.

Cats are used to moving on tiptoe, that is, at their fingertips. This allows them to sneak silently, and also provides an opportunity for a quick start maneuver if necessary. And also paws at animals differ in good sensitivity and flexibility.

It may seem a little unusual that cat's paws also serve as a kind of thermostat for cats. The thing is that sweat stands out through the pads. Do not forget that part of the paws are claws, which are very important in the life of each cat.

Among the representatives of the cat family in the whole history there were many unusual and famous for the whole world individuals. An American cat named Stubbs is known to have served as mayor of the Talkitna area in Alaska. The reign began in 1997, and ended in 2017, when the animal died.

The biggest cat in the world is the Maine Coon from Australia, Oscar. In 2017, he was in the Guinness Book of Records. At length, he reached the mark of 1 m 20 cm, and the mass of his body at the time was 14 kg. However, there was another Maine Coon in history, the length of which was 1 m 23 cm. The cat's name was Stew, and he was from the American city of Reno. The animal was inferior to Oscar only in body weight.

Therefore, ship cats were not very rare. They were needed on ships to cheer up all the team members, and also acted as a kind of talisman. Simon received worldwide fame among all ship cats.

He was discovered by an English sailor in 1947 in Hong Kong at a site designated for the repair of ships. The animal was sick and weak. Secretly from the captain, the kitten was carried to the ship, where he quickly went on the mend. Soon the pet began to hunt rats and even "shared" its prey, dragging it into the sailors' bunks.

The new captain, who came to the ship a year after the appearance of Simon, quickly found a common language with him. The cat settled down in his cabin and loved to sleep in a captain's cap.

The Chinese started shooting at the ship, and one of the shells caused the captain of the ship to die. The cat was nearby at that time and was also injured. The team members rushed to help Simon, and they managed to save his life. After rehabilitation, the cat returned to the ship and continued to fulfill its duties of catching rodents, as well as to raise the command spirit of the sailors.

Although it seems that domestic cats have long been studied, and everything is known about them, they never cease to amaze. Over time, there are more and more funny and interesting facts about animals, and scientists continue to study the cat. Not so long ago, it was discovered that cats, unlike humans, can drink salt water from the seas. This is due to the particular structure of the kidneys, so that they can filter the fluid.

The cat's ear can sense ultrasound signals. Thus, it can be assumed that they can hear the sounds made by rodents and dolphins. Domestic cats when running can reach speeds of up to 50 km / h. However, most often the speed does not exceed 14 km / h.

Cats do not have receptors that would allow them to taste the sweet taste. Pet will not feel neither sugar, nor any of its substitutes. The physiological feature is due to the lifestyle of the feline.In their natural habitat, predators do not eat fruits and berries, so the ability to recognize sweet tastes is absent as superfluous.

The cat's body is able to digest milk only at an early age. It is not recommended to give this product to adults, as serious health problems may occur. Domestic cats are sensitive to food temperature. Food should be at room temperature, but not cold or hot. A man and a cat have much more in common than it might seem at first glance.

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