6 Wacky Cat Facts
February 9th, 2010 | Author: xan
Henri and Snooks by Nancy Dutton, author of Book of Animal Poetry
Wacky Fact #1:
Cats have 32 muscles that control their outer ear (humans have six). These abundant muscles enable them to move their ears like radar dishes and pinpoint the source of a sound, rotate them independently 180 degrees, and turn in the direction of sound 10 times faster than those of the best watchdog.
Wacky Fact #2:
In relation to their body size, cats have the largest eyes of any mammal. Most cats do not have eyelashes.
Wacky Fact #3:
Protruding eyes give cats a wider angle of vision and greater peripheral vision than humans have. A cat’s field of vision is about 185 degrees. However, a cat cannot see directly under its nose. This is why cats can’t sem to find treats and crumbs on the floor.
Wacky Fact #4:
A large majority of white cats with blue eyes are deaf. White cats with only one blue eye are deaf only in the ear closest to the blue eye.
Wacky Fact #5:
Cats have 250 bones in his body, compared to 206 in our bodies. This is why they can bend and twist better than acrobats. Almost 10 percent of a cat’s bones are in her tail, and the domestic cat is the only species able to hold its tail vertically while walking.
Wacky Fact #6:
Cats use more than 500 muscles to leap, jump, and sprint. Their thigh muscles are so powerful that if you had them, your thighs would be as big as your waist and you could jump from the ground to the top of a house!
All this fab info was provided by Nancy Dutton, author of the Book of Animal Poetry
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