Grapes and raisins, as well as onions, garlic, and chives, are all extremely harmful foods for cats. Grapes and raisins can cause kidney failure but the reasoning behind that isn’t clear. Meanwhile, onions, garlic, and chives wreak havoc on your cat’s gastrointestinal system and can cause anemia

Cats’ purring may be a self-soothing behavior, since they make this noise when they’re ill or distressed, as well as when they’re happy.

Despite popular belief, many cats are actually lactose intolerant

Cats can spend up to a third of their waking hours grooming

Cats are crepuscular which means that they’re most active at dawn and dusk

A cat’s average lifespan increased by a year over the span of time between 2002 and 2012, according to a study by Banfield Pet Hospital

Some cats are ambidextrous, but 40 percent are either left- or right-pawed

Male cats are more likely to be left-pawed, while female cats are more likely to be right-pawed

Though cats can notice the fast movements of their prey, it often seems to them that slow-moving objects are actually stagnant

Cats walk like camels and giraffes: They move both of their right feet first, then move both of their left feet. No other animals walk this way apparently

Cats have the largest eyes relative to their head size of any mammal

Cats have nearly twice the amount of neurons in their cerebral cortex as dogs

which is another reason cats >>> dogs

Cats have whiskers on the backs of their front legs as well as their faces

Cats have 230 bones, while humans only have 206

Cats’ claws all curve downward, which means that they can’t climb down trees head-first. Instead, they have to back down the trunk

Cats are supposed to have 18 toes; five toes on each front paw and four toes on each back paw !

Not feeling too good right now so have some fun cat facts !