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Cat Fact or Fiction?

gocatgo Dec 01, 2005 09:09 PM

Below are 10 cat facts. Nine are true and one is false. Can you find the false one?

1. The cat family split from the other mammals at least 40 million years ago, making them one of the oldest mammalian families.

2. A cat's normal body temperature is 101.5 degrees F (38.6 C).

3. Cats have about 100 different vocalization sounds. In comparison, dogs have about 10.

4. A cat's brain is more similar to a human's brain than that of a dog.

5. Both humans and cats have identical regions in the brain responsible for emotion.

6. Cats must have fat in their diet, because they can't produce it on their own. Never feed your cat dog food, because cats need five times more protein than dogs do.

7. A cat can jump five times as high as it is tall.

8. Cats only need a sixth the amount of light that humans do to see. However, their daytime vision is only fair compared to that of humans.

9. A cat's hearing rates as one of the top in the animal kingdom (of course they may choose not to hear some sounds). Cats can hear sounds as high-pitched as 65 kHz; a human's hearing stops at just 20 kHz. A cat can hear a can opener from over a mile away.

10. Both female and male cats reach puberty at approximately six months of age,. Males will act more territorial, disappear for days and “spray” their scent. Females will lower themselves close to the ground and meow as if in pain when they go into heat.

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Ruby and the Kitties
Simba, Samantha, Katrina & KatyKatt
Meow!! Meow!! Meow!! Meow!!

How wonderful to do nothing and then rest afterwards. Meow!

Replies (6)

gonzilly Dec 01, 2005 11:51 PM

I can't answer this because we have the same source for questions I think and I have the answer. I will be a spectator on this one.

Julie

catman1 Dec 02, 2005 12:14 AM

9. A cat's hearing rates as one of the top in the animal kingdom (of course they may choose not to hear some sounds). Cats can hear sounds as high-pitched as 65 kHz; a human's hearing stops at just 20 kHz. A cat can hear a can opener from over a mile away.

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This seams a little far away.I think i'll try it on Babba.LOL
My answer is 9

Lou

gocatgo Dec 07, 2005 06:54 PM

>>9. A cat's hearing rates as one of the top in the animal kingdom (of course they may choose not to hear some sounds). Cats can hear sounds as high-pitched as 65 kHz; a human's hearing stops at just 20 kHz. A cat can hear a can opener from over a mile away.
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>>.......................................
>>This seams a little far away.I think i'll try it on Babba.LOL
>> My answer is 9
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>> Lou

Lou is the winner! The first part of it is true however the can opener part was just thrown in to fool you. Good job, Lou!

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Ruby and the Kitties
Simba, Samantha, Katrina & KatyKatt
Meow!! Meow!! Meow!! Meow!!

How wonderful to do nothing and then rest afterwards. Meow!

catman1 Dec 07, 2005 10:00 PM

Posted by: gocatgo at Wed Dec 7 18:54:14 2005 [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ]

>>9. A cat's hearing rates as one of the top in the animal kingdom (of course they may choose not to hear some sounds). Cats can hear sounds as high-pitched as 65 kHz; a human's hearing stops at just 20 kHz. A cat can hear a can opener from over a mile away.
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>>This seams a little far away.I think i'll try it on Babba.LOL
>> My answer is 9
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>> Lou

Lou is the winner! The first part of it is true however the can opener part was just thrown in to fool you. Good job, Lou!
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Theres no animal that has hearing that sharp.
Sometimes i talk to Babba only two feet away and he acts like he dosen't hear me.Thats what you call being ignored.
I think a Deer has about the keenest hearing i ever seen.There eyesite is poor though.
Lou

phtessie Dec 03, 2005 10:09 AM

hmmmmmmmmm, im torn between 4 and 5, guess Ill go with 5
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PHTessie

ttpurr4cat Dec 03, 2005 01:45 PM

I am going with 4 on this one.
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Tessa Onyx, Samantha, Foudini, Charlee, Spottie, ShyRaven, Buddy, Tuxie, Widdle Attila Sipowitz, Lizzie, Minnie, ET, Mylo, Penny (We be house cats at last), and Salem, Wicca and Marmalade (We iz also house cats, we guess) also Riley da goggie and Buddha da hamster too
Tabitha..always in our hearts
A house without cats is like a garden without flowers

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