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All About Cats

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All About Cats

  • Americans have more cats as pets than any other animal
  • Cats always land on their feet
  • Cats have sensitive whiskers on their face that helps them detect obstacles
  • Cats have a special material in their eyes that increases their ability to see in low light.
  • Cats are graceful and fun to watch.
  • Cats can move each ear separately and quickly.

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Padded Paws

  • Padded paws help them sneak up on their prey.
  • Cats move quietly with padded paws.
  • Padded Paws make landing on all 4’s softer

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Cats Eyes

  • Members of the cat family can see in the dark about 6x times better than people.
  • Cats have “tapetum lucidum” in their eyes to help them see in dim light.
  • Cats can open their pupils 3x wider than humans.

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Cats Ears

  • Cats can move each ear separately.
  • To pick up sounds from all around them cats have one ear pointing one way and the other pointing another way
  • They hear soft sounds from prey

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Cats Whiskers

  • Cats sensitive whiskers help them detect obstacles
  • Whiskers help cats move in and out of small places easily and quickly
  • Cats also have whiskers on their legs

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Out of the wild

  • People started to train cats to keep rats and mice away
  • Egyptian tomb found w/ 17 cat skeletons inside
  • Experts believe that house cats came from some sort of African wild cat

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Cat Categories

  • 38 different species of cats in the world
  • Two categories of cat “big cats” and “small cats”
  • Size of the cat doesn’t decide what category the cat belongs to

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Some Differences

  • Small cats cant roar and big cats cant purr
  • Big cats happy noise is a “chuffle”
  • Small cats have a strip of leathery skin above the tips of their noses

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