Cats

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If you love cats, you're in for a treat today as here we have 100 cat facts you won't want to miss!

Have you ever wanted to overload yourself with an enormous amount of awesome facts about cats and kittens?

So without further ado here are 100 cute facts about cats and kittens!

The jury is out - Americans love cats more than dogs!

While there are more US households with pet dogs, there are way more pet cats than dogs in total!

A 2019 survey of US households found there to be around 94.2 million pet cats, while there were only 89.7 million pet dogs.

That's almost 5 million more cats than dogs!

What we're talking about is the technical term to refer to cats by their gender.

Cats have a natural ability to land on their feet called the "righting reflex".

This reflex allows cats to quickly assess which way is down and rotate their bodies while in mid-air.

There are even reports of cats falling from as high as 32 stories high and coming away with just a chipped tooth and a punctured lung.

There are many ways to refer to a group of cats.

It really depends on the cats, too.

The collective noun for wild cats, for example, is "a destruction of cats".

Regular house cats are generally called a "clowder of cats".

However they can also be called a "glaring of cats" if the cats you're referring to don't know each other and are glaring at each other.

Most importantly though, cats keep you from being lonely - and it's now known that loneliness plays a big part in many diseases!

Cats purr for many more reasons than you would think.

Some cats have a slightly different purr for when they're hungry, and mother cats also use their purr to communicate with their newly birthed kittens.

Most unexpectedly, cats sometimes purr when they're injured, and it's been suggested their purr actually helps their body to heal faster!

It's common knowledge that cats are fans of milk, but many of them are actually lactose intolerant.

While most people think that cats aren't as smart as dogs, they can also be trained - they just think it's a little bit beneath them!

While he lived in the White House he kept a number of pet cats, most famously Dixie and Tabby.

He adored all cats, and would quite often bring home strays that he had found.

Lions are the only big cats to live in groups, called prides.

Most importantly though, cats keep you from being lonely - and it's now known that loneliness plays a big part in many diseases!

Most unexpectedly, cats sometimes purr when they're injured, and it's been suggested their purr actually helps their body to heal faster!

It's common knowledge that cats are fans of milk, but many of them are actually lactose intolerant.

While most people think that cats aren't as smart as dogs, they can also be trained - they just think it's a little bit beneath them!

The cats eat the cherries for the fleshy pulp, and as the bean travels through its digestive system the enzymes seep into the beans causing them to change.