{"id":482,"date":"2012-03-09T12:48:34","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T20:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=482"},"modified":"2014-01-13T20:58:41","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T20:58:41","slug":"friday-cat-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/friday-cat-facts","title":{"rendered":"Friday Cat Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Friday!\u00a0 We&#8217;d like to share some Fun Friday <em><strong>Cat Facts<\/strong><\/em> with everyone:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It has been scientifically proven that      stroking a <em><strong>cat <\/strong><\/em>can lower one&#8217;s blood pressure.<\/li>\n<li>In 1987, cats overtook dogs as the number one      pet in America (about 50 million cats resided in 24 million homes in      1986). About 37% of American homes today have at least one cat.<\/li>\n<li>If your cat snores or rolls over on his back      to expose his belly, it means he trusts you.<\/li>\n<li>Cats respond better to women than to men,      probably due to the fact that women&#8217;s voices have a higher pitch.<\/li>\n<li>In an average year, <em><strong>cat <\/strong><\/em>owners in the United      States spend over $2 billion on cat food.<\/li>\n<li>According to a Gallup poll, most American pet      owners obtain their cats by adopting strays.<\/li>\n<li>When your cats rubs up against you, she is      actually marking you as &#8220;hers&#8221; with her scent. If your <em><strong>cat <\/strong><\/em>pushes his face against your head, it is a sign of acceptance and      affection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Contrary to popular belief, people are not      allergic to cat fur, dander, saliva, or urine &#8211; they are allergic to      &#8220;sebum,&#8221; a fatty substance secreted by the cat&#8217;s sebaceous      glands. More interesting, someone who is allergic to one cat may not be      allergic to another cat. Though there isn&#8217;t (yet) a way of predicting      which <em><strong>cat <\/strong><\/em>is more likely to cause allergic reactions, it has been proven      that male cats shed much greater amounts of allergen than females. A      neutered male, however, sheds much less than a non-neutered male.<\/li>\n<li>Cat bites are more likely to become infected      than dog bites.<\/li>\n<li>In just 7 years, one un-spayed female cat and      one un-neutered male cat and their offspring can result in 420,000      kittens.<\/li>\n<li>Some notable people who disliked cats:\u00a0      Napoleon Bonaparte, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Hitler.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Both humans and cats have identical regions in the brain responsible for emotion.<\/li>\n<li>A cat&#8217;s brain is more similar to a man&#8217;s brain than that of a dog.<\/li>\n<li>A <em><strong>cat <\/strong><\/em>has more bones than a human; humans have 206, but the cat has 230 (some cites list 245 bones, and state that bones may fuse together as the cat ages).<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Cats <\/strong><\/em>have 30 vertebrae (humans have 33 vertebrae during early development; 26 after the sacral and coccygeal regions fuse.<\/li>\n<li>The cat&#8217;s clavicle, or collarbone, does not connect with other bones but is buried in the muscles of the shoulder region. This lack of a functioning collarbone allows them to fit through any opening the size of their head.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Friday!\u00a0 We&#8217;d like to share some Fun Friday Cat Facts with everyone: It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one&#8217;s blood pressure. In 1987, cats overtook dogs as the number one pet in America (about 50 million cats resided in 24 million homes in 1986). 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