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	Cat Physiology

moonspirit4ever

7-20-2008 5:21 PM

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moonspirit4ever says:

This is my educational clip for the day

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7-21-2008 7:54 AM

Socratoad

I thank you. The whole world thanks you.

8-11-2008 1:36 PM

jimbo1000

hey, that's not right about the way they run is it?

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have identical
regions in the brain responsible for emotion.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/trivia.htm"><FONT size="-1">A cat's brain is
more
similar
to a man's brain than that of a dog.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/trivia.htm"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <FONT face="COMIC SANS MS, ARIAL"><FONT size="-1">Cats have 32
muscles that
control the outer ear (compared to human's 6 muscles each). A cat can
rotate
its ears independently 180 degrees, and can turn in the direction of
sound
10 times faster than those of the best watchdog.</FONT></FONT></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/trivia.htm"><FONT size="-1">A cat sees
about
6 times
better than a human at night, and needs 1/6 the amount of of light that
a human does - it has a layer of extra reflecting cells which absorb
light.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/trivia.htm"><FONT size="-1">Cats purr at
the
same frequency
as an idling diesel engine, about 26 cycles per second.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/trivia.htm"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <FONT face="COMIC SANS MS, ARIAL"><FONT size="-1">Cat's urine
glows
under
a black light.</FONT></FONT></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/trivia.htm"><FONT size="-1">A domestic
cat
can sprint
at about 31 miles per hour.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/trivia.htm"><FONT size="-1">The heaviest
cat
on record
weighed 46 lbs.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/trivia.htm"><FONT size="-1">Cats' hearing
stops at
65 khz (kilohertz); humans' hearing stops at 20 khz.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/trivia.htm"><FONT size="-1">Cats' hearing
is
much more
sensitive than humans and dogs.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/trivia.htm"><FONT size="-1">Cats step
with
both left
legs, then both right legs when they walk or run.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/trivia.htm"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <FONT face="COMIC SANS MS, ARIAL"><FONT size="-1">Cats walk on
their toes.</FONT></FONT></LI></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/EC63FE25-0713-40CA-AB3C-A11489B4BAD4/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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