If you have a cat, this will probably sound familiar (unless you have a hairless cat) - your cat has a favorite place to hang out, maybe on the couch, a cat tree, or guest bed, and it gets covered with their hair. Or your cat sits on your lap and your legs get coated with fur. Does it seem like your cat is shedding a lot? Let's look into the story of cats and shedding! Why do cats shed? According to Catster.com cat shedding is a normal process of removing dead hairs and replacing them with healthy new ones. Purina adds that it also releases natural oils onto your cat's skin. Some cats will shed more than others, and Catster says that...
Did you ever see your furry little friend zooming around the house and wonder - how fast can a cat run? Well, today we'll look into that very question. So read on to learn more about how fast house cats can run! How fast can cats run? According to catster.com, the short answer is that housecat top speed is around 30 miles an hour. Cats.com says that is faster than the fastest human top speed acheived by Usain Bolt at 27.3 miles per hour! It's faster than most dogs too, who run somewhere between 15 and 25 miles per hour, although there are dogs that can run faster, like greyhounds, who have a top speed of 40 miles an hour! Cats.com...
If you are like me and like to crochet and also have cats, you'll probably have noticed that your cat loves to play with your yarn. Even if you don't have either a cat or yarn in your home, you have probably seen cute cats playing with yarn or string in pictures. So, what's up with cats and yarn? Is yarn safe for cats? One reason why cats like strings, yarn, dental floss, tinsel...any long stringy thing, could be that it activates their hunting instincts. The movement of string can look like a snake or a mouse's tail to them and can trigger them to action! I know I've seen my cats pounce on the yarn, and bite into it...
We've been featuring some cats with jobs on this blog, like therapy cats, ships cats and barn cats, but did you ever hear of a spy cat? In the 1960's the CIA worked on a project called Acoustic Kitty with the goal of creating a cat spy. Project acoustic kitty involved trying to create cyborg cats that could record sound. According to the Smithsonian magazine, the CIA was targeting an Asian head of state who had cats wandering around during his meetings with his advisors. It was thought that no one would notice another cat wandering through, so if they could implant a cat with a microphone, they could record some interesting intelligence without arousing suspicion. Another Smithsonian article says that the...
A few months ago, I looked into whether cats can see in the dark, and learned that cats have rods and cones in the eyes, just like people do. And that made me wonder, can cats see in color, or do cats only see black and white? If you're wondering about color vision in cats too, read on! According to catster.com in their article "Are cats color blind?" , scientists are debating what colors cats can see. It is the cones in both human and cat's eyes that perceive color, and cats have fewer of them and not the same kinds as people do. According to just cat lover, humans have 3 kinds of cones and they allow us to perceive red,...
