whether you’re a cat person or a dog person you can admit that cats are interesting creatures and can bring much love and joy to their owners, but you will never guess just how bizarre they really are.
Aside from that, there are some interesting things you probably didn’t know about these lovely pets and here are some of them which will surely surprise you.
Here we go.
7. They Sweat Through Their Paws
Because they’re covered in fur, cats have comparatively few sweat glands throughout their bodies. Most of them are on the pads of their paws—which is why you’ll sometimes see little-wet paw prints when your fuzzy buddy walks on tile or linoleum during the summer months: Your cat is sweating through its paws. They also cool themselves via panting and licking their fur.
6. Nose Prints Are The Equivalent Of Fingerprints for a Cat
Every cat’s nose print is as unique as a human’s fingerprints. Just, y’know, in case your cat is ever caught trying to steal the tuna sandwich you were planning to eat for lunch and ends up booked for burglary.
5. Cats Are Prickly
The cat’s tongue has backward-facing spines about 500 micrometers long which are called papillae. These are quite rigid and they contain keratin. These spines allow cats to groom themselves by licking their fur with the rows of papillae acting like a hairbrush.
Some cats, particularly long-haired cats, sometimes regurgitate hairballs of fur that have collected in their stomachs from grooming. These clumps of fur are usually sausage-shaped and about 2 to 3 centimeters long.
4. Cats Sleep About 16 Hours a Day
Perhaps you thought it was just your cat who seemed to spend most of her day perched on the windowsill. No, it’s all of them. Being a carnivore is hard work, involving intense brief expenditures of energy to catch their prey, followed by a long rest period. Even though most domestic cats chase down nothing faster than a plastic bowl in order to eat, the sleep cycle has persisted.
3. They Can Drink Seawater
In case you’re at any point lost at sea, don’t drink the ocean water. The large amount of salt in the water dehydrates humans. Cats, on the other hand, can drink seawater in order to survive. Cats have crazy kidneys that filter out the salt from the water so they can rehydrate themselves.
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2. Tail Wagging
Cats wag their tails when they are in a stage of conflict. The cat wants to do two things at once but each impulse blocks the other.
For example: if your cat is in the doorway wanting to go outside and you open the door to find it raining, the cat’s tail will wag because of internal conflict. The cat wants to go outside but doesn’t want to go into the rain. Once the cat makes the decision and either returns to the house or leaves into the rain, her tail will immediately stop wagging.
1. Scientists are still not 100% sure how cats make the purring sound
There are many theories to explain how the purr in generated. One study says that the purring comes from the voice box. A more recent theory is that it is caused by the release of endorphins in the brain.
Since endorphins are release under situations of pain and pleaser, this would make sense. Either way, exactly how the purring sound is made is still a mystery.
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