Cat Facts 18

•  17. The unique prints
• Almost like humans, cats have a unique identification. This is found on the cat’s nose. When you look at the nose, you will notice a set of ridges and bumps that are unique. Every cat will have a different print on the nose. If the cats had a way of collecting their data, it would mean that each cat will require to record their nose print for reference purposes.
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• 18. The cat’s dung coffee
• The rarest coffee in the world is the Kopi Luwak. This coffee hails from Indonesia. A wildcat, Luwak, lives there, and when the cat eats the coffee beans, they will be digested in the stomach, and when the cat eliminates the dung, it is used as coffee beans.
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• 19. A cat has about thirty-two muscles in the ear
• That is the cat can control the ear to face different directions. A human only has six muscles. It has been calculated that the cat can rotate its ear about 180 degrees and direct it to any side.
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• 20. Black cats
• Black cats are considered as bad luck in America while they are known to be linked with good luck in Asia and Europe.
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• 21. Love of cats
• And by the way, if you love cats, then you are an Ailurophilia, which comes from a Greek term.
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• 22. Ancient Mesopotamia
• Wild cats lived among humans as far back as 100,000 years ago in Mesopotamia. These were domesticated at around 12,000 BCE alongside sheep, goats, and dogs. Farmers used them for pest control.
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• 23. Oldest Known Pet Cat
• A grave site in Cyprus dating back to 9,500 years ago contained bones of both a human and a cat. Buried with them are ornaments such as seashells and polished stones.
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• 24. Ancient Egypt
• Egyptians are known to have domesticated the African wildcat around 4,000 years ago. They viewed cats are magical divine creatures. Among their gods is Bastet who is half-female, half-feline.