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The way you treat kittens in the early stages of it's life will render it's personality traits later in life.

Baking chocolate is the most dangerous chocolate to your cat.

Cats only sweat through their paws and nowhere else on their body

Cats see six times better in the dark and at night than humans.

A cat’s eyesight is both better and worse than humans. It is better because cats can see in much dimmer light and they have a wider peripheral view. It’s worse because they don’t see color as well as humans do. Scientists believe grass appears red to cats.

The cat's footpads absorb the shocks of the landing when the cat jumps.

A female cat is called a queen or a molly.

British cat owners spend roughly 550 million pounds yearly on cat food.

The longest living cat on record according to the Guinness Book belongs to the late Creme Puff of Austin, Texas who lived to the ripe old age of 38 years and 3 days!

Today there are about 100 distinct breeds of the domestic cat.

Some cats have survived falls of over 65 feet (20 meters), due largely to their “righting reflex.” The eyes and balance organs in the inner ear tell it where it is in space so the cat can land on its feet. Even cats without a tail have this ability.

Grown cats have 30 teeth. Kittens have about 26 temporary teeth, which they lose when they are about 6 months old.

Cats walk on their toes.

Cats have individual preferences for scratching surfaces and angles. Some are horizontal scratchers while others exercise their claws vertically.

A sexually-active feral tom-cat \owns\" an area of about three square miles and \""sprays\"" to mark his territory with strong smelling urine."""

Baking chocolate is the most dangerous chocolate to your cat.

Among many other diseases, cats can suffer from anorexia, senility, feline AIDS and acne.

Cats have 300 million neurons; dogs have about 160 million

Cats with long, lean bodies are more likely to be outgoing, and more protective and vocal than those with a stocky build.

Cats have been domesticated for half as long as dogs have been.