Biology

1. Most cats have four toes on each back foot, but five toes on their front feet!
2. Some people will tell you cats are colorblind - this is not true! Cats can definitely see reds, blues and greens.
3. The oldest cat on record was called Puss. She lived to be 36 years old.
4. Cats have four rows of whiskers.
5. The largest domestic cat breed is generally considered to be the Maine Coon cat.
6. Sadly, many white cats with blue eyes are deaf when they are born.
7. A cat’s field of vision is 220 degrees, whereas a human’s is just 180.
8. Cats have 24 more bones in their body than humans do.
9. When a cat drinks, it is actually lapping up water from the underside of its tongue, not the top!
10. A cat uses its whiskers to tell whether a gap is large enough for it to fit through.