Domestic cats are capable of sprinting at about 31 miles per hour.

When cats walk or run, they step with both left legs, then both right legs, and so forth.

Cats are capable of jumping 5 times as high as they are tall.

When grooming, cats lose almost as much fluid through saliva as they do when they urinate.

Nearly 30% of a cat's life is spent grooming itself.

Cats' brains are more similar to the human brain than they are to dogs. In fact, cats and humans have identical regions in the brain responsible for emotion.

The hair on a cat's body will stand up fairly evenly all over the body when the cat is frightened, but the hair will stand up only in a narrow band along the spine and tail when the cat is threatened or ready to attack.

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