10 interesting facts about cat

1. Every year, nearly four million cats are eaten in Asia.
2. On average, cats spend 2/3 of every day sleeping. That means a nine-year-old cat has been awake for only three years of its life.
3. Unlike dogs, cats do not have a sweet tooth. Scientist believe this is due to a mutation in a key taste receptor.
4. when a cat chases its prey, it keeps its head level. Dogs and human bob their heads up and down.
5. The technical term for a cat's hairball is a "bezoar".
6. A group of cats is called a "clowder".
7. Female cats tend to be right pawed, while male cats are more often left pawed. Interestingly, while 90% of humans are  right handed,  the remaining 10% of lefties also tend to be male.
8. A cat can't climb head first down a tree because every claw on a cat's paw points the same way. To get down from a tree, a cat must back down.
9. A cats brain is biologically more similar to a human brain than it is to a dog's . Both humans and cats have identical regions in their brains that are responsible for emotions.
10. There are more than 500 million domestic cats in the world, with approximately 40 recognized breeds.

Done by: Siti Nur Rabiatul Adawiah bte Mohd Sobrie

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