CATS
Mammals     -     Vertebrate     -     Carnivore
Cats are a group of carnivores that include:
Cheetahs   -   Caracals   .   Domestic Cats    -   Lions    -   Tigers    -   Ocelots     -   Jaguars    -     Leopards    -    Lynx  

Male  ..............................................  Tom
Female  ..........................................  Queen.  Molly
Young .............................................  Kitten
SIMILES
  1. As conceited as a barber's cat
  2. As nervous as a cat
  3. As playful as a kitten
  4. As weak as a kitten
Cats ...
  • Spend most of every day sleeping (about 16 hours out of 24 hours)
  • Uses its tail to maintain balance
  • Female cats tend to be right-pawed and male cats tend to be left-pawed
  • Blue-eyed, white cats are often deaf
  • Have 32 muscles in each year
  • There are three types of cat's eyes - almond, round and slanted
  • Can climb head first down a tree
  • The first cat into space (Felicette) survived the trip
  • Has hearing that is better than a dog's
  • Can jump up to 5-7  times its own height
  • The largest wildcat is the Siberian Tiger
  • The smallest wildcat is the Black-footed cat
  • Dislike water because their coat doesn't insulate well
  • Usually has 12 whiskers on each side of its face
  • Has a nose with a unique pattern - just like a human's fingerprints
  • Can outrun a human being
  • A domestic cat has a stronger bite than a Komodo dragon
  • Cat originally meant 'dog'.  The word comes from the Latin catulus - a small dog or puppy
  • Have over 100 vocal chords
  • Are the only animals that can purr
  • Cannot move their jaws sideways
  • Urine glows under a backlight
  • White cats with blue eyes are usually deaf
  • Have peripheral vision of 285 degrees
  • Dislike citrus scents
  • Use their whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through
  • 5% are allergic to humans
  • Gatophobia is the fear of cats
  • Napoleon, Mussolini were scared of cats
  • A cat's brain can store 1,000 times more data than an iPad
  • Tomcat urine smells of cheddar cheese
  • Cats enjoy listening to classical music, but are much less interested in pop music
  • Most adult cats are lactose intolerant
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OCELOT
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CANADIAN LYNX
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BLACK-FOOTED CAT (The smallest cat)
COLLECTIVE NOUNS
Cats
  1. A clowder of cats
  2. A cluster of cats
  3. A clutter of cats
  4. A comfort of cats
  5. A destruction of wild cats
  6. A glaring of cats
  7. A nuisance of cats
  8. A pounce of cats
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Caracals
    1.     A pair of caracals

Jaguars
  1. A shadow of jaguars

Kittens
  1. An intrigue of kittens
  2. A kindle of kittens
  3. A glorying of cats
  4. A glare of cats
  5. A litter of kittens
  6. A mischief of kittens
  7. A wrack of kittens

Lions
  1. A flock of lions
  2. A pride of lions
  3. A sault of lions
  4. A sawt of lions
  5. A sowse of lions
  6. A troop of lions

Lynx
      1.    A chain of lynx

Ocelots
  • A urination of ocelots

Panthers
  1. A claw of panthers
  2. A spring of panthers

Tigers
  1. An ambush of tigers
  2. A streak of tigers
  3. A swift of tigers

Wildcats
  1. A destruction of wildcats
IDIOMS, METAPHORS AND EXPRESSIONS
  1. A bag of cats
  2. A cat burglar
  3. A cat-call
  4. A cat in gloves catches no mice
  5. A cat nap
  6. A cat with nine lives
  7. A cat has nine tails
  8. A cat may look at a king
  9. A cat that walks alone
  10. A paper tiger
  11. A wild-cat strike
  12. All cats are grey in the dark
  13. Alley cat
  14. Bring back the cat
  15. Cat burglar
  16. Cat-call
  17. Cat got one's tongue
  18. Cat-o'-nine-tails
  19. Cat on a hot tin roof
  20. Cat's eyes
  21. Cat's meow
  22. Cat's paw
  23. Cat's pyjamas
  24. Cat's whiskers
  25. Copy cat
  26. Curiosity killed the cat
  27. Dead cat on the line
  28. Doesn't have enough sense to bell a cat
  29. Fat cat/s
  30. Fight like cats and dogs
  31. Grin like a Cheshire cat
  32. Have kittens
  33. High as the hair on a cat's back
  34. Lead a cat and dog life
  35. Let the cat out of the bag
  36. Like a cat on a hot tin roof
  37. Like a cat on hot bricks
  38. Like the barber's cat - full of wind and water
  39. Like herding cats
  40. Look like the cat that swallowed the cream
  41. Look like the cat that swallowed the canary
  42. Look what the cat dragged in
  43. Looks like something the cat dragged in
  44. Make a cat's paw of (something)
  45. Not a cat in hell's chance
  46. Not enough room to swing a cat
  47. Play cat and mouse
  48. Raining cats and dogs
  49. Scaredy-cat
  50. See how the cat jumps
  51. Set the cat amongst the pigeons
  52. She's a cool cat
  53. The cat that got the cream
  54. The cat's whiskers
  55. There's more than one way to skin a cat
  56. There's more than one way of killing a cat than choking it with cream
  57. To be catty
  58. To bell the cat
  59. To lead a cat and dog life
  60. To let the cat out of the bag
  61. To pussy-foot around
  62. To rain cats and dogs
  63. To see which way the cat jumps
  64. What's new pussycat?
  65. Weak as a cat
  66. When the cat's away, the mice will play
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BLACK PANTHER
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SIBERIAN TIGER (The largest cat)
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CARACAL
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JAGUAR
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TIGER
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MALE LION