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Fun Fact about Cats:

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a) true b) true c) false ('four rows of whiskers') d) false e) false (camels not dogs).

f) false g) false (3rd most popular).

Transcript

Cats have amazing hearing ability. A cat's ear has 30 muscles (human ears only have six muscles). These muscles rotate 180 degrees, so the cat can hear in all directions without moving its head.

A cat has four rows of whiskers.

Cats have better memories than dogs. Tests show that while a dogs memory lasts no more than 5 minutes, a cat's can last as long as 16 hours. This is more even that of a monkey and an orangutan.

Cats have more than one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

Cats step with both left legs, then both right legs when they walk or run. The only other animals to do this are the giraffe and the camel.

Cats, not dogs, are the most common pets in America. There are approximately 66 million cats to 58 million dogs, with Parakeets a distant third at 14 million.