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Siamese Cats
For Siamese cats, the nerves in the left side of the brain are connected to their right eye and vice versa, which can cause double vision. The cat corrects their vision by crossing their eyes so that’s why you can … Continue reading
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Turkish Vans like to swim because their coat is essentially water resistant
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Cats hate swimming
…and any large bodies of large water for that matter. Most of you know this and it’s very obvious but here’s the WHY: their fur is not as insulating when it’s wet. Yes, quite obvious, I know, but intuitive things … Continue reading
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Sir Isaac Newton invented the cat flap for his cat, Spithead, who kept opening the door and ruining an experiment
What a genius…on so many levels.
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Siamese colors
In the 1930’s, Russian biologists found that Siamese kittens changed color depending on their body temperature.
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Declawing: A kitty horror story
Declawing is basically amputating your cat’s toe at the last joint to take away the claw AND bone. To compare the anatomy, a human would have to amputate the distal phalanges, or the knuckle just below your nail, indicated by … Continue reading
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Lifespan
The average lifespan for an outdoor cat is about 3 to 3 1/2 years but for an indoor cat, the lifespan is about 16 years. So if you want your feline companion to grow old with you, try to make … Continue reading
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A cat’s tail is used to help them balance and has just under 10% of it’s bones!
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Cats take about 20-40 respirations a minute
Humans are about 12-20.
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