Random Cat Facts

Some random, frequently updated cat facts:

• Cats have over 20 muscles that control their ears.
• Almost 10% of a cat's bones are in its tail, and the tail is used to maintain balance.
• Cats can get tapeworms from eating fleas. These worms live inside the cat forever, or until they are removed with medication. They reproduce by shedding a link from the end of their long bodies. This link crawls out the cat's anus, and sheds hundreds of eggs. These eggs are injested by flea larvae, and the cycles continues. Humans may get these tapeworms too, but only if they eat infected fleas. Cats with tapeworms should be dewormed by a veterinarian.
• Cats bury their feces to cover their trails from predators.
• Tylenol and chocolate are both poisonous to cats.
• Like birds, cats have a homing ability that uses its biological clock, the angle of the sun, and the Earth's magnetic field. A cat taken far from its home can return to it. But if a cat's owners move far from its home, the cat can't find them.
• The chlorine in fresh tap water irritates sensitive parts of the cat's nose. Let tap water sit for 24 hours before giving it to a cat.
• Mother cats teach their kittens to use the litter box.
• Cats can not taste sweets.
• A form of AIDS exists in cats.