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Top Cat Names^*

Male
1. MAX
2. BUDDY
3. JAKE
4. ROCKY
5. BAILEY
6. BUSTER
7. CODY
8. CHARLIE
9. BEAR
10. JACK

Female
1. MOLLY
2. MAGGIE
3. DAISY
4. LUCY
5. SADIE
6. GINGER
7. CHLOE
8. BAILEY
9. SOPHIE
10.ZOE

Feline Facts

Cats have true fur. They have an undercoat and outercoat.
The nose pad of a cat is ridged in a pattern that is unique, just like the fingerprint of a human.
A cat cannot see directly under its nose which is why a cat cannot seem to find tidbits on the floor.
There are more than 500 million domestic cats in the world, with 33 different breeds.
A cat's heart beats twice as fast as a human heart, at 110 to 140 beats per minute.
Cats lack a true collarbone. They can generally squeeze their bodies through any space that they can get their heads through.
Many cats cannot properly digest cow's milk. Milk and milk products give them diarrhea.
The largest cat breed is the Ragdoll. Males weigh twelve to twenty pounds, with females weighing ten to fifteen pounds. The smallest cat breed is the Singapura. Males weigh about six pounds while females weigh about four pounds.
Cats with white fur and skin on their ears are very prone to sunburn. Frequent sunburns can lead to skin cancer.
A cat is pregnant for 58-65 days.
If your cat is near you, and her tail is quivering, this is the greatest expression of love your cat can give you. If her tail starts thrashing, her mood has changed--time to distance yourself from her.
Cat "kneading" behavior is left over from kittenhood when they kneaded their mother's belly for milk. The marching or kneading means that the cat is happy.
The domestic cat is the only cat species able to hold its tail vertically while walking. All wild cats hold their tails horizontally or tucked between their legs while walking.
The largest known litter (with all surviving) was that of a Persian in South Africa named Bluebell. Bluebell gave birth to 14 kittens in one litter.
A single pair of cats and their kittens can produce as many as 420,000 kittens in just 7 years.
Nearly 10% of a cats bones are in its tail
Cats have 30 teeth. Kittens have baby teeth which at around 7 months are replaced with permanent fangs.
Sir Isaac Newton, discoverer of the principles of gravity, also invented the cat door.
A cat will amost never "meow" at another cat. This sound is reserved for humans.
The Pilgrims introduced cats to North America.
A cat spends about 30% of his life grooming itself.
A cats hearing is one of the sharpest in the animal kingdom.
The weirdest cat on record was a female called Mincho who went up a tree in Argentina and didn't come down again until she died six years later. While treed, she managed to have three litters with equally ambitious dads.
A cat can recognize her owners foot steps from hundreds of feet away.
A cat will kill it's prey based on movement, but may not necessarily recognize that prey as food. Realizing that prey is food is a learned behavior.
The life expectancy for a cat was 8 years in 1930 which has now doubled to 16 years.
The greatest number of mice killed by one cat? 28,899! Towser, a tortoise-shell tabby in charge of rodent control in Scotland, killed 28,899 mice in her 21 years. This is about four mice per day, every day, for 21 years. Towser died in 1987.
A group of kittens is called a "kindle."
A group of grown cats is called a "clowder."
The giraffe, camel and cat are the only animals that walk by moving both their left feet, then both their right feet, when walking. This method of walking ensures speed, agility and silence.
The richest cat in the Guinness Book of World Records is a pair of cats who inherited $415,000 in the early '60s. The richest single cat is a white alley cat who inherited $250,000.
Your cat is probably either a "righty" or a "lefty." Only 40% of cats are ambidextrous while another 40% are either right-pawed or left-pawed.
Each year Americans spend four billion dollars on cat food. That's one billion dollars more than they spend on baby food.