Fun Cat Facts

CATS by Eleanor Farjean (1881-1965)

 "Cats sleep

anywhere,

any table,

any chair.

Top of piano,

window-ledge,

in the middle,

on the edge..." 

          FUN CAT FACTS

• Cats have powerful night vision.
• Cats also have excellent hearing and a great sense of smell.
• On average, cats live around 12-15 years.
• Domestic cats usually weigh from 8-11 pounds.
• Cats sleep an average of 13-14 hours a day.
• A group of cats is called a clowder.
• A male cat is called a tom.
• A female cat is called a molly or queen.
• .....more coming....

The Language of Cat: Poem by Rachel Rooney

Teach me the Language of Cat;

the slow-motion blink, that crystal stare,

a tight-lipped purr and a wide-mouthed hiss.

Let me walk with a saunter, nose in the air. 

Teach my ears the way to ignore

names that I'm called. May they only twitch

to the distant shake of a boxful of biscuits,

the clink of a fork on a china dish. 

Teach me that vanishing trick

where dents in cushions appear, and I'm missed.

Show me the high-wire trip along fences

to hideaway places, that no-one but me knows exist. 

Don't teach me Dog,

all eager to please, that slobbers, yaps and begs for a pat,

that sits when told by its own, that's led on a lead.

No, not that. Teach me the language of Cat.