Asian golden cat
an Asian cat (catopuma temminckii) wild cats are in one of the homes of residents in the mosque village, kaway district, west aceh.
an Asian cat (catopuma temminckii) wild cats are in one of the homes of residents in the mosque village, kaway district, west aceh.
Cats, especially older cats, do get cancer. Many times this disease can be treated successfully.
The cheetah is the world's fastest land mammal. It can run at speeds of up to 70 miles an hour (113 kilometers an hour).
The richest cat is Blackie who was left £15 million by his owner, Ben Rea.
A cat can spend five or more hours a day grooming himself.
During the Middle Ages, cats were associated with withcraft, and on St. John’s Day, people all over Europe would stuff them into sacks and toss the cats into bonfires. On holy days, people celebrated by tossing cats from church towers.
Researchers are unsure exactly how a cat purrs. Most veterinarians believe that a cat purrs by vibrating vocal folds deep in the throat. To do this, a muscle in the larynx opens and closes the air passage about 25 times per second.
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.
A cat's hearing is much more sensitive than humans and dogs.
The world’s rarest coffee, Kopi Luwak, comes from Indonesia where a wildcat known as the luwak lives. The cat eats coffee berries and the coffee beans inside pass through the stomach. The beans are harvested from the cat’s dung heaps and then cleaned and roasted. Kopi Luwak sells for about $500 for a 450 g (1 lb) bag.