Statistics

1. There are more than 500 million cats in the world.
2. There are around 100 different breeds of domestic cat.
3. 30% of a cat’s waking hours are spent grooming themselves.
4. Over its life, the average cat purrs for more than ten thousand hours.
5. The heaviest cat ever recorded weighed nearly fifty pounds.
6. On average, cats sleep for around sixteen hours a day.
7. An average cat can run at a speed of 30 miles per hour.
8. A cat can jump around five times its own height.
9. Around seven percent of cats snore.
10. The oldest cat to give birth was 30 years old - she had a small litter of just two kittens.