10 Interesting Facts About Cats.

1. A group of cats is called a “clowder.”

2. A male cat is called a “Tom” and a female cat is called a “Queen.”

3. Cats make about 100 different sounds. Dogs make only about 10.

4. A cat can travel at a top speed of approximately 31 mph (49 km) over a short distance.

5. When a family cat died in ancient Egypt, family members would mourn by shaving off their eyebrows. They also held elaborate funerals during which they drank wine and beat their breasts. The cat was embalmed with a sculpted wooden mask and the tiny mummy was placed in the family tomb or in a pet cemetery with tiny mummies of mice.

6. Many Egyptians worshipped the goddess Bast, who had a woman’s body and a cat’s head.

7. In the original Italian version of Cinderella, the benevolent fairy godmother figure was a cat.

8. Cats have about 130,000 hairs per square inch (20,155 hairs per square centimeter).

9. Approximately 1/3 of cat owners think their pets are able to read their minds.

10. In just seven years, a single pair of cats and their offspring could produce a staggering total of 420,000 kittens.