Cat Got Your Tongue?

Cat Got Your Tongue?

There are more than 500 million domestic cats in the world, with 33 different breeds.

Cats have 290 bones in their bodies, and 517 muscles.

The largest cat breed is the Ragdoll.   Males weigh twelve to twenty pounds, with females weighing ten to fifteen pounds.   The smallest cat breed is the Singapura.  Males weigh about six pounds while females weigh about four pounds.

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  Cats are partially color blind.   They have the equivalency of human red/green color blindness.

  A cat has five more vertebrae in her spinal column than a human does.

A cat's heart beats twice as fast as a human heart, at 110 to 140 beats per minute.

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An average cat has 1-8 kittens per litter, and 2-3 litters per year.

During her productive life, one female cat could have more than 100 kittens.

A single pair of cats and their kittens can produce as many as 420,000 kittens in just 7 years.

More than 35,000 kittens are born in the U.S. each year. Please  spay or neuter your cat.

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