CATURDAY FACTS – INTRO

ABRAHAM LINCOLN and his LOVE for CATS!

United States President, Abraham Lincoln, loved all animals, especially cats. He loved cats so much that his wife once said that cats were her husband’s hobby.

The then, Secretary of State William Seward, gave two kittens on Lincoln as a White House gift. The President loved to spend hours just petting the cats and talking to them.

He fed his kitties at the table. One time he used a gold fork to do that, which was too much for Mrs. Lincoln. His response?

“If a gold fork was good enough for former President Buchanan, it’s good enough for Tabby.”

AMAZING FUN CAT FACTS:

1. 1. Cats have over 20 muscles that control their ears.

   2. A group of cats is  called clowder.

   3. Cats have more data storage than an iPad.

   4. Abraham Lincoln had four cats in the White House.

   5. Adult cats only meow to communicate with humans.

   6. Some cats are ambidextrous. Although 40 to 50% of female cats are typically right-pawed, while male cats are typically left-pawed: Psychologists Deborah Wells and Sarah Millsopp of Queen’s University Belfast tested 42 house cats — 21 males and 21 females — to determine whether they favored their right or left paws when performing tasks of varying difficulty. Their report on the results has been accepted for publication in the journal Animal Behavior of Science Direct (play with your kitties and let me know if this is true. I did it and couldn’t prove it, 🤩 but then again, I’m not a Psychologist).

   7. SO SORRY dog lovers: A cat’s cerebral cortex (the part of the brain in charge of cognitive information processing) has 300 million neurons, compared with a dog’s 160 million. (BTW,  (I love dogs too 🐶).

   8. Cats are very picky creatures about their «bathroom.» If you have more than one feline, you should have one litter box for each one of them.

   9. They are the only mammals that cannot taste sweetness (no cake for my kitty-cats on my birthday).

   10. A cat can jump six times his length in a single bound.

   11. Cats love routine. Any change in their routine makes them mad, upset. Some cats get sick, they can vomit or refuse to eat.

   12. When Cats Leave Their Poop Uncovered It’s a Sign of Aggression.

   13. Kneading is a sign of contentment and happiness. Cats knead their mothers when they are nursing to stimulate the let-down of milk.

   14. There are currently 45 Hemingway cats living at the writer’s former home in Key West, Fla.

   15. A cat’s nose is ridged with a unique pattern, just like a human fingerprint.

   16. The first cat in space was a French cat named Felicette (a.k.a. “Astrocat”) In 1963, France blasted the cat into outer space. Electrodes implanted in her brains sent neurological signals back to Earth. She survived the trip.

   17. A cat can travel at a top speed of approximately 31 mph (49 km) over a short distance.

   18. In several countries of Europe and North America black cats are a sign of bad luck, but in Britain and Australia black cats are considered lucky!

   19. Usually, a cat has about 12 whiskers on each side of its face. Have you counted them already? 😇

   20. A cat’s jaw can’t move sideways, that is why a cat can’t chew large chunks of food.

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