Kittens

When otters are born they can either be called pups or kittens.

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!

Normally, a female cat would be referred to as a Molly, but if it's pregnant with kittens then it's a Queen!

There are also quite a few ways to refer to a group of kittens.

The most commonly used collective noun for kittens is a "litter of kittens".

They can also be called an "intrigue of kittens" due to their curious nature.

An "entanglement of kittens" is another name, as it's often hard to tell where one kitten ends and another begins when they're playing!

Finally, they can also be called a "kindle of kittens", although this usage is less common.

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.

While kittens can drink their mother's milk, feeding them cow's milk could be very dangerous to their health.

The record for the largest number of kittens in the same litter was 19.

She gave birth to the entanglement of kittens on August 7, 1970 in her owner's home in Oxfordshire, UK.

Of the fifteen kittens that survived birth, just one of them was female!

Over her lifetime, a cat called Dusty had a total of 420 kittens.

She lived with her owners in Bonham, Texas, where she gave birth to the world-record-holding number of kittens.