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mooncat
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10 Fascinating Facts About Cats
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Jul 11 18:47 UTC 2002 |
(Something I found while browsing on Yahoo today that caught my
attention so I decided to share)
1. A Year is Not Just a Year. The first year of a cat’s life equals (in
terms of development) the first 15 years of a human life. After its
second year, a cat is 25 in human years. After that, each year of a
cat’s life is equal to about 7 human years.
2. Far and away the favorite breed of cat registered with the Cat
Fanciers’ Association is the Persian.
3. The hearing of the average cat is at least five times keener than
that of a human adult. Cats can rotate their ears 180 degrees.
4. The largest breed of cat is the Ragdoll; the males weigh in at
around 20 pounds.
5. Domestic cats spend about 70 percent of the day sleeping and 15
percent of the day grooming.
6. A cat cannot see directly under its nose, which is why it may have a
hard time finding tiny treats on the floor.
7. The color of a Himalayan’s points is heat-related -- cooler spots
appear darker.
8. Most cats have no eyelashes.
9. Cats have five toes on each front paw, but only four on the back
ones. It’s not all that uncommon, though, for cats to have extra toes.
The cat with the most toes known had 32, eight on each paw!
10. Superstition dictates that if you dream about a white cat, good
luck will follow.
The Five Most Popular Breeds of Purebred Cats for 1997 (according to
the Cat Fanciers’ Association):
1. Persian
2. Maine Coon
3. Siamese
4. Abyssinian
5. Exotic shorthair
Article Courtesy of Pet Life Magazine
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slynne
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Jul 11 19:43 UTC 2002 |
I'll bet that the "American Shorthair" isnt considered a breed by them.
If it were, I am sure it would be the most popular breed.
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mynxcat
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response 2 of 19:
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Jul 11 20:14 UTC 2002 |
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mooncat
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response 3 of 19:
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Jul 11 20:25 UTC 2002 |
Calicos are cats with a white base and then at least two other colors
splotched on them (orange and black, orange, black and brown, etc.).
Lynne- actually I think there is an American Shorthair breed... however
what most people have is a domestic shorthair. ;)
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scott
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response 4 of 19:
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Jul 11 20:31 UTC 2002 |
Holy shit. My cat Dave is 116 years old???
(15 human years, 15 + 10 + 13*7)
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slynne
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response 5 of 19:
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Jul 11 20:32 UTC 2002 |
I think calico is a coloring. A "tortoise shell" is the same as a
calico but with no white. Both Calicos and Tortoise Shell cats can be
found with long hair but it is more commonly found in the short haired
variety. They are almost always female.
re#3 I consider it a breed but Cat Fancy apparently doesnt. They are by
far the most common cats around.
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glenda
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Jul 11 21:04 UTC 2002 |
Our Mom cat and 2 of the girls are long-haired Torties (actually the vet says
Smudge is a Tabby-Tortie, she has a tiger face and ghost stripes on her legs
and tail while her body is mixed up black, orange/brown and tan).
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mooncat
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response 7 of 19:
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Jul 11 21:08 UTC 2002 |
re #4- wow... Go Dave! (My cat would be 46...)
re #5- heh, Cat Fancy can be kind of silly... The Cat Fanciers
Association lists them as a breed:
http://www.cfainc.org/breeds/profiles/american-sh.html
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slynne
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response 8 of 19:
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Jul 12 14:19 UTC 2002 |
My cat is a Tortie. She is very bossy.
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glenda
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response 9 of 19:
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Jul 12 16:40 UTC 2002 |
Smudge is too. When she thinks it is time for me to go to bed she goes
upstairs, sits outside my bedroom door and yowls until I come up. Funny
really, because I let her come in with me, she gets petted a little, she might
curl up on my back for a couple of minutes, then she yowls to be let out.
She now owns the part of my soul and corner of my heart not already claimed
by STeve and the kids, while leaving a small crumb for the other 5 kitties.
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bhelliom
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response 10 of 19:
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Jul 19 16:35 UTC 2002 |
Smudge . . . that's quite a popular name for a cat. I know a few people
that have "Smudges" living in their homes.
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glenda
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response 11 of 19:
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Jul 19 22:12 UTC 2002 |
She's Smudge because her body coloring looks like someone drew a picture of
a tortie cat in chalk and then smeared.
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bhelliom
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response 12 of 19:
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Jul 22 17:00 UTC 2002 |
Yeah . . . my friend Chiaren's smudge was a bobtail, I think, with the
same colouring you described.
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iggy
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response 13 of 19:
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Aug 9 19:46 UTC 2002 |
supposedly there IS a difference between a regular domestic short hair,
and an american short hair.
i couldnt point it out though.
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bhelliom
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response 14 of 19:
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Aug 13 18:45 UTC 2002 |
Apparently Maine Coon cats don't have a real meow, if I'm remember what
Jazz told me recently.
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mynxcat
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response 15 of 19:
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Aug 14 13:32 UTC 2002 |
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jiffer
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response 16 of 19:
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Aug 15 01:50 UTC 2002 |
I have a male cat that sounds rather girlie since he has a high pitched meow.
Though he is a better chirper. A recent thing I notice is that Scott likes
to yawn and meow at the same time... very cute to see bright white fangs and
a pink mouth emerge from that bundle of black fur.
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mynxcat
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response 17 of 19:
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Aug 15 14:12 UTC 2002 |
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bhelliom
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response 18 of 19:
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Aug 20 19:38 UTC 2002 |
If Magnus has the Maine Coon "meow," I doubt it's what Magnus does
now. I suppose that, in part, it has to do with lung development, at
least as it pertains to volume and length of the sound.
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slynne
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Aug 25 20:19 UTC 2002 |
re resp:13 Only a *real* cat geek would know the difference between a
regular domestic shorthair and an American shorthair. You are pushing
it, though, by knowing that there might be a difference ;)
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