Some Cat Facts

A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.

When a cat falls a short distance, it often twists itself around to right itself and land on its feet. However, falls from heights can cause severe injury or death.

The hearing of the average cat is at least five times keener than that of a human adult.

Humans and cats have a similar range of hearing when it comes to low-pitched sounds, but cats have a much greater ability to hear very high notes-better, even, than dogs.

If cats could read, they would need reading glasses. That's because their close-up vision directly in front of them is fuzzy. Instead, they have super peripheral vision, and can detect the slightest movement in prey that’s yards away.

Cats can make more than 100 different vocal sounds. Dogs can make about 10.

Cats purr at about 26 cycles per second, which is the same frequency as an idling diesel engine.

Big cats can roar, but they cannot continuously purr. Small cats can purr, but they cannot roar.

One female cat and her offspring, left to breed at will, can produce 420,000 kittens in just seven years.