1. Cats are the most popular pet in America
According to the Humane Society of the United States, Americans spent more than $50 billion on their pets in 2010. One in every four American homes has a cat.
Source: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/pt-BR/
Author: Agência Brasil – Fotos Públicas According to the Humane Society of the United States, Americans spent more than $50 billion on their pets in 2010
One in every four American homes has a cat.
2. Why do cats have nine lives when they’re not even immortal to begin with?
Cats have nine lives due to a popular saying, not because they were gods. In the play Puss in Boots by Italian author Giambattista Basile, a cat earns his master an extra life after successfully tricking a ogre out of one of his. The story was later published in English and French fairy tale collections by Joseph Jacobs and Charles Perrault. People believe that cats actually get more than nine lives because they die and come back to life or seem to live more than one life at once just like their fables made them out to be. While it may be true that cats can survive multiple falls from high areas, this is mainly due to their ability to twist their bodies around so they land on their feet . The number of times that they fall is not significant enough to warrant spare lives.
Every cat’s life is equal to nine human years, just like every human year equals seven dog years. This calculation has no basis in science and was created by the National Pet Association, a trade group for pet food manufacturers, so it would be easier on owners’ wallets to buy more food for their pets throughout the year. If cats only lived nine years since the beginning of time, there wouldn’t be any cats alive today.
Cats do not have nine lives but instead come down from trees or high areas with a sprained ankle or broken leg which happens quite often because felines are very curious animals that always want to explore something new. When this happens, it should be noted that mothers cats are very loving and will take care of their young until they are healed .
3. where does the expression cats have 9 lives come from?
The saying “cat has nine lives” may be related to the ancient belief that cats have multiple lives. The general impression today holds that a cat will land on its feet even when falling from great heights and that it can survive for extended periods with no food, water or air. This impression correlates with folk beliefs regarding magical cats that could defy death by coming back to life, as many folk tales portray them as doing:
Cats seem to defy gravity, but of course they don’t really . High-rise syndrome is not unique to cats; birds are well known for flying into windows at skyscrapers, often killing themselves on impact after taking off from the ground several hundred meter’s below.
4. What would happen if a cat had just one life left?
– If a cat had just one life left, it would live as long as it could.
– Cats live for up to twenty years. As you can see in the graph above, cats generally die around age nineteen. That’s why it’s important to take care of your cat so that they can live for as long as possible!
5. Cat superstitions and why people believe that cats have nine lives
The many superstitions surrounding cats continue to this day and range from the well-known belief that a black cat crossing your path is bad luck, or seeing a single white cat is good luck (which dates back to the Middle Ages), all the way down to whether you let your family cat go outside.
Cat Superstitions
There are many superstitions surrounding cats, but there are several excellent reasons why cats often find themselves in the position of “good luck charm” or “bad omen.” For many ancient cultures, the cat was worshipped as a god; in ancient Egypt, for example, they worshipped the goddess Bastet (who had the head of a human and body of a cat) and in ancient Rome, the goddess Diana was often depicted with a cat’s head.
However, when Christianity emerged, cats were seen as evil because they were not mentioned in the Bible; Christians associated them with witchcraft since people had begun to associate witches’ ability to turn into animals (like black cats or owls) with Satan.
Why People Believe that Cats have Nine Lives
There is a popular belief in many cultures that cats have nine lives. This belief can span from ancient civilizations to modern-day cartoons, where characters are able to rewind themselves after being hurt or find themselves otherwise unharmed. Some argue that this belief was brought on by the cat’s superior agility and ability to land on their feet after falling from a high place.
Other explanations include that cats have nine lives because they are nocturnal creatures; it takes them three hours (three lifetimes) to navigate through the darkness, as compared to humans who would only take one hour (one lifetime). Furthermore, cats were seen as having special powers, so the number nine was chosen based on their ability to see ghosts.
While these are all likely, there are still some people that believe cats have nine lives because they are able to survive falls from high places that would kill other animals. For example, in one case back in 1894, a cat called Mowgli fell 25 feet from a building and landed on his feet. Additionally, some people believe that cats have nine lives because they are able to twist their bodies in the air so they land on all fours, instead of being injured by doing so.