cool cat facts
Cats are the most popular pet in the United States, with 88 million domestic cats, compared to 74 million pet dogs. According to Buzzfeed.com writer Chelsea Marshall in her article “82 Astounding Facts About Cats” a cat named Stubbs was once elected mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska, for 15 years. According to another website about cats, Cat Lovers, there is a Hebrew legend that says that before God flooded the world, there were no cats, but only a couple of lions, which went on Noah’s ark. After a while the ark was infested with mice, eating all the food. Noah was really upset, so he prayed to God, who told Noah to hit the male lion on the face. He did, and the lion sneezed out a pair of cats. I assume that was the end of the mouse problem. Another thing I like about cats, is that they are very strong. Buzzfeed claims there have been cats that survived falling from 32 stories onto a concrete surface, (that is 320 feet!) Further, even a house cat can run faster than the fastest human, Oly...