Need To Know About CATS

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Need To Know About CATS
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• The question of whether or not a cat's love is
  real might seem ridiculous to those who do not
  own cats. Dogs might claim the title of man's
  best friend, but everyone who has lived with cats
  knows they're simply too awesome to want to be
  friends with. Some might argue, however, that
  those who own cats apply human characteristics to
  non human entities. Well, those who argue that
  all the animals take care of their young ones,
  just because of their instinct, have obviously
  not spent time with a cat.

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Smelling

• A cat relies on its sense of smell to establish
  its territory, and to know if food's safe to eat.
  A cat's nose has almost 200 million nerve cells,
  making its sense of smell fourteen times more
  sensitive than that of a human. Astonishingly, a
  cat can remember a certain smell for the rest of
  its life.

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Hearing

• Cats are known for having astounding senses. A
  cat's outer ear flap takes in sound from every
  direction, which then goes down their ear canals
  to the eardrum. After the sound vibrates on
  eardrum, the middle ear changes the vibration to
  sound waves sends them to the cat's cochlea and
  finally the brain. A cat can hear from twenty
  hertz up to approx. 65,000 hrtz. Since a cat
  responds more readily to a high pitch than a low
  pitch, this might be the reason a cat seems to
  like a woman better with a high pitched voice.
  The ears are also assist cats in balance. This is
  the main reason why cats normally land on their
  feet when falling.

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Tasting

• Although a cat only has 475 taste buds, while
  humans have 9,000, it has unique papillae to make
  up for it. Its tongue is covered with numerous
  small projections that hook downwards, giving it
  a rough, sand-papery feel. The papilla helps them
  scrape meat off bones and hold their prey. Cats
  also have problems tasting salty and sweet food
  since their taste receptors favor high-fat and
  high-protein tastes.

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Seeing

• The feline eye structure has the cornea, the
  lens, the retina, the iris, and the tapetum
  lucidum. The tapetum lucidum is a layer of
  mirror-like cells that reflect small amount of
  light, helping a cat to see. This is why a cat
  only needs 1/6 of the light that a person needs
  so as to see clearly. Nonetheless, cats cannot
  see in total darkness. They also have a third
  eyelid known as the haw to protect their eyes. A
  cat's pupil is elliptical to help control the
  quantity of light that enters. In semi-darkness,
  their pupils dilate and become almost flawlessly
  round. A cat's pupil can dilate 3 times more than
  that of a human being.

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Behavior

• Free-ranging cats are lively both day and night,
  though they tend to be more active at night. The
  timing of a cats' movement is quite flexible,
  meaning that house cats can be more active early
  in the morning and late in the evening
  (crepuscular behavior). This is due to greater
  human activity that occurs at these times.

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Feeling

• Cats have an average of twenty four whiskers on
  their face these hairs very thick and are rooted
  three times deeper. Whiskers are very sensitive
  to detect slightest changes in air current. They
  are also used to see if a cat can fit through a
  gap. Not only are the whiskers all over a cat's
  face, but they are also on the back of its front
  legs. Whiskers are replaced whenever they fall
  off. A cat's fur has unique sensitive nerve
  ending that detect a slight touch. Their paws are
  also very sensitive to touch.

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Breeding

• Under controlled breeding, cats are easily bred
  and shown as registered pets, a hobby called cat
  fancy. Failure to control their breeding by
  neutering has led to large numbers of feral cats.
  This has led to extinction of countless bird
  species.

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Communication

• Cat communication has many varieties of
  vocalizations. They consist of mewing, purring,
  hissing, growling, trilling and grunting. Cats
  have cat pheromones number of specific body
  languages as well.

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Adaptability

• Like other felids, cats have a similar anatomy.
  They are very strong with quick reflexes,
  flexible bodies, sharp retractable claws, and
  very sharp teeth that are adapted to killing
  small prey like mice.

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