Unusual Facts

1. Cat urine will glow underneath a black light - this helps find the location if you think your kitten has had an accident in the house!
2. If you talk to your cat more, it will ‘talk’ back to you more!
3. Most cats don’t have any eyelashes.
4. Killing a cat was a crime which carried the death penalty in ancient Egypt.
5. In English, we say that cats go ‘meow’, but in Japan they say that they go ‘nyaa’.
6. In Ancient Egypt however, they said the noise was ‘Mau’ - and this is also the word they used for cat!
7. Horrifyingly, when people in England were put to death for witchcraft, their cats were often put to death as well. Awful.
8. Cats can’t taste sweets.
9. Napoleon, the Emperor of France, was terrified of cats.
10. Cats don’t knock things over by accident - animal behaviouralists think that they are either doing it for fun or to attract your attention... they are smart, aren’t they!