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10 fascinating facts about cats
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| David Aaron Moore
Posted on 12/29/2012 2:12:11 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
People love their pets. Be it a cat, dog, hamster or goldfish, most U.S. residents have some kind of non-humanoid companion sharing their home. According to a survey by the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association (APPMA), however, cats win hands down when it comes to the sheer numbers that reside in American abodes.
The facts about cats confirm there are over 73 million in houses throughout the country, as opposed to 68 million dogs. Although many
dog owners would disagree, that means cats are the
preferred pets among the four-legged furry variety.
Ken Hubbard is an antiques dealer with the company
2wice As Nice in Wheat Ridge, Colo., a suburb of
Denver. Hes also the owner of two black American shorthairs, Lace and Bear.
Cats can be fun, intuitive and loving. But
they can also have an evil side, Hubbard chuckles. They have their routines and they can be very demanding. Mine will torment me in the morning until they get me out of bed, with lots of stalking around the room and covers and a lot of meowing.
If youre a cat lover youve certainly experienced both sides of the coin. For your reading pleasure, weve pulled together a handful of interesting facts about cats.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: kittyping
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Fascinating Fact #11: Cats eat trolls.
To: Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; asgardshill; devane617; ...
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12/29/2012 2:14:47 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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12/29/2012 2:20:52 PM PST
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ColdOne
(I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
To: Slings and Arrows
Fascinating Fact #11: Cats eat trolls.
My cat does nothing........she's just there.
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posted on
12/29/2012 2:22:41 PM PST
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Hot Tabasco
(Jab her with a harpoon.....)
To: Slings and Arrows
Fascinating Fact #11: Cats eat trolls. Not before playing with them for a while, tossing them in the air, batting them around with their paws, etc, etc :)
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12/29/2012 2:23:23 PM PST
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The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
To: Hot Tabasco
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posted on
12/29/2012 2:24:48 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows; TheOldLady
03:15
Malcolm comes into the bedroom and starts yowling.
I stumble out of bed and ask what’s the trouble.. house on fire?
Coyote in the yard? Litterbox suddenly unacceptable?
Stumbling further, I ask him to show me the trouble.
He leads me into the kitchen and hops onto the island.
“I’d like some treats, please.”
Woo and yay.
To: The Cajun
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posted on
12/29/2012 2:25:56 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
# 12
Dogs chase squirrels while cats murder them.
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12/29/2012 2:30:32 PM PST
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Happy Rain
(Outlawing firearms because of Adam Lanza would be like outlawing free speech because of Bill Maher.)
To: Slings and Arrows
We have one who will never drink out of the water dish directly, she will wet her paw and lick it.
She has been that way since a kitten.
Heard that was not too uncommon with some cats.
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12/29/2012 2:31:42 PM PST
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The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
To: humblegunner
Sounds like you are “Kitty wipped”....
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posted on
12/29/2012 2:33:22 PM PST
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JZoback
To: Happy Rain
# 12 Dogs chase squirrels while cats murder are skilled enough to catch them.Fixed.
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12/29/2012 2:36:54 PM PST
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Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
plant one, watch it grow.
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12/29/2012 2:40:58 PM PST
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Fred Nerks
(FAIR DINKUM!)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
12/29/2012 2:42:32 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: Hot Tabasco
My cat does nothing........she's just there.I got one of those too...
Doesn't do anything....
Hates to be touched, hates to be held, couldn't care less about the dog,
doesn't kill mice, or flies or ants...
she's just...There.
To: The Cajun
Cat’s eyes have difficulty seeing objects that are motionless. She might be doing that because she can’t see the surface and is afraid she’ll accidentally dunk herself.
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12/29/2012 2:49:58 PM PST
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Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Fred Nerks
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posted on
12/29/2012 2:51:13 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: JoeProBono
Working title: Cats in Heaven
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posted on
12/29/2012 2:53:04 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows; Tax-chick
"Preferred pet"? More households own dogs than cats.
If cats are the 'preferred' pet, then it's because of Eleanor Abernathy Syndrome. Except for Tax-chick. In her case it's because she's brilliant and practically perfect in every way.
28% of dog owners own more than one dog. 52% of cat owners own more than one cat, plus their share of the 60,000,000 stray and feral cats.
For the record, my family owns two dogs. My youngest daughter, still at home and still in high school, owns two cats. And she neglected to clean the litter box before heading off to working the closing shift at Chick-fil-A.
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12/29/2012 2:53:08 PM PST
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Scoutmaster
(You knew the job was dangerous when you took it)
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