Cat's curiosities

Cats have 32 muscles that control the outer ear (in humans, this is the only Reason why cats can turn their ears 180 degrees. One of the reasons why kittens sleep so much is that growth hormone in cats, just like in humans, is released only during sleep. Cats have about 20,155 hairs per square centimeter. The heaviest cat listed in the Guinness Book of records was Himmy from Queensland, Australia. He weighed 21 kg and died at the age of 10. The oldest cat listed in the Guinness Book of world records was Crème Puff from Austin, Texas, who lived from 1967 to August 6, 2005 and died three days after his thirty-eighth birthday. Cats usually live up to 20 years, which is equivalent to 96 years of human age. In Scotland, there is a memorial tower in honor of a cat named Towser, who caught almost 30,000 mice in his life. . Cats were introduced to North and South America by Europeans in the 1750s to control pests. . The first ever cat show was organized in 1871 in London. Later, cat shows became popular all over the world. The first famous cartoon cat was Felix, who appeared in 1919. . A cat has 230 bones in its body (a human has only 206). The cat does not have a clavicle, so it can fit into any hole the size of its head.