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Pet
Cats: Fascinating Facts Pets play an important role in everyday life for many people and if you have a beloved pet cat, you might find the following cat facts interesting reading! |
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| Smallest
cat |
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| Tinker Toy, a blue point Himalayan-Persian, at just 19cm (7.5 in) in height fully grown (USA). | ||
| Oldest
age reached by a cat |
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| 34 years (twice the average lifespan) - a female tabby called Ma (UK) who died in 1957 and a champion show cat Grandpa Rex Allen (US) who died in 1998. | ||
| Cat
with most toes |
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| Twinkle Toes (USA)
with 25 toes - six on left front paw, seven on right front paw and six
on each hind paw. (Normal cats have five toes on each front paw and four
in each hind paw, making 18 toes in total) |
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| The
most well-travelled cat |
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| Whilst on a flight from Toronto, Hamlet escaped from his cage and got caught behind some panelling where he remained for seven weeks. In that time he travelled just under 965,600 km (600,000 miles) - equivalent to travelling around the world no less than 24 times. | ||
| The
above information is believed to be true but 100% accuracy cannot be
warranted |
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