Feline Facts
Did you know?
- Cats love to nap. They average 16 hours of sleep per day.
- Never feed dog food to a cat. It does not contain enough protein, since cats require two times as much as dogs.
- Morris the Cat, of TV fame, was adopted from an animal shelter in the late 1970s.
- Never give your cat a ball of yarn to play with. It can cause major problems if yarn is swallowed or the cat becomes entangled in the yarn.
- A cat's eye pupil will dilate wildly when he or she is angered, afraid or aggressive.
- It's estimated that Americans own 59 million cats.
- A long slow blink from a cat is a sign of relaxed contentment, and may be used as a greeting.
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