Cat Facts 24

•  74. Most Traveled Cat
• In 1984, a caged cat called “Hamlet” escaped while on a Canadian plane. No one could find him. Yet the sneaky creature was inside all along, accidentally traveling almost 965,000 km for seven weeks.
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• 75. Longest Cat
• The longest cat ever recorded deserves the similarly long name “Mymains Stewart Gilligan”. Stewie is a Maine Coon with an impressive length of 48.5 inches.
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• 76. Shortest Cat
• The world’s shortest cat is aptly named “Lilieput” from the USA. The teeny-weeny female munchkin is only 5.25 inches tall from floor to shoulders.
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• 77. Longest Fur
• Jami Smith met an abandoned kitten in a hairy situation, rescued it, and named it Sophie Smith. She grew up to become a record-breaker with the longest fur ever at 10.11 inches.
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• 78. Most Tricks in a Minute
• If you think that cats are lazy and unteachable, then think again. The Austrian dynamic duo of Anika Moritz and Alexis were able to complete 26 tricks in under a minute.
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• 79. Loudest Purr
• Another rescue cat named Merlin made a lot of noise in the UK. He set the loudest purr on record at 67.8 decibels, almost on par with the sound of showers and dishwashers.
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• 80. Tallest Cat
• Arcturus Aldebaran Powers doesn’t need to jump. He can just stand and lean on tables to get food. The tallest cat that ever lived was 20.2 inches, whereas average male cats are only 8-10 inches.
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• 81. Longest Tail
• It’s not a tall tale! Arcturus Aldebaran really has a housemate, Cygnus Regulus, who is a record holder himself with the longest tail on a living domestic cat at 17.58 inches.
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• 82. Longest Jump
• He may not be a ninja, but Waffle the Warrior Cat has his own impressive moves. He set the longest jump by a cat at a whopping 7 feet in Big Sur, California.
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• 83. Largest Litter
• Kittens are adorable, but would you want 19 new ones in one go? That’s what happened in 1970 when a Burmese/Siamese cat from the UK produced the world’s largest litter.
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• 84. Persian Cat Tale
• After saving him from thieves, a magician asked the hero Rustum to make a wish. He shrugged, content with his campfire, smoke, and stars. The clever magician mixed these elements to create the first smoke-grey cat with bright eyes and fiery red tongue.