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No Wonder Cats are so Cool!

Monday, January 16th, 2012

Kooter the CatThe Spirit of Bo, returning to share some amazing cat trivia to let you know why cats are known to be cool: Yes, it has been just over a year since I left this earthly plane, but I still remain as an angel to those I left behind. Besides, do you really think I’d let Party Marty take over this blog entirely? Not in my nine life times!

As I was doing some research on the internet, I came across some fun cat trivia. It’s always interesting to read cool things about cats, as we are amazing creatures!

From cat-world.com, I discovered the following:

**Cats have been in existence longer than humans. Yeah…we rock it! We got here first!

**Cats perspire through their paws.  Did you really think we’d sport a sweaty look around our gorgeous faces?

**Urine from cats will glow under a black light. We’re so cool, even our bodily waste glows!

**A cat’s gestation is between 61-70 days.  Don’t know why you humans take nine months!

**Cats can jump five times their height! And you thought the dog was the one counter-surfing!

**The normal body temperature of cats is 102 degrees F. See? We’re hot stuff!

**Cats don’t kill their prey with their claws.  They hold their prey with their claws and let their teeth do the work!

**Domestic cats can walk while keeping their tail vertical. Yeah…and some of you can’t even walk and chew gum at the same time!

Now you have a few reasons why we claim to be cool! Check you later! I’m always around, if only in spirit!

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Now that the Thanksgiving feast is over…

Thursday, November 24th, 2011

Party Marty here, barely moving, as even thinking is an effort at this point. Boy!  I don’t know about you, but I sure made the most out the Thanksgiving feast today.  I can give new meaning to the term “fat cat,” if onlytemporarily! I am just laying here, half asleep at the computer keyboard. 

Just thought I would dish out a few more fun cat facts for you before I doze off:

1.) Cats can walk on their toes. (Not me. Not now. Too fat and too full)

2.) Cats have the largest eyes in proportion to their body size of all animals. (But if you saw my body today, you’d suspect otherwise! “Man vs. Food” had nothing on me today!)

3.)  Cats have existed longer than humans! (So why aren’t we celebrating Catsgiving?)

4.)  Cats urine glows under a black light. (Note to self: keep it in the litter box from now on!)

5.)  Cats can jump five times their height. (That may be true, but right now, I could fall right to the floor. That’d be impressive, right?)

Well, I better get some sleep because tomorrow is Black Friday and I want to be first in line at the pet store and at the computer store. I need a new mouse! What? I do need one!  This one I am using with my computer isn’t working well. It’s tail keeps getting in the way!

Gotta go!  A cat nap is way over-due.  Thanks to cat-world.com for sharing this info!

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In What Kind of Shape is Your Cat…Literally?

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

Party Marty here, the cool cat with all the right moves and the killer bod to match!  Just because the summer has ended does not mean I give into the whims of laziness and just let my body go. Oh, no!  Keeping this physique in shape is a year-round endeavor. Actually, it’s more of a gift. I just can’t help looking the way I do! Often copied; never equaled!

By the way, did you know that there are three body types for a cat? (Well, four if you include my dynamic shape, but it’s unique to me – in a rare class all its own!)

The cobby type is comprised of a compact body, a deep chest, short legs, and a broad head.  This cat’s eyes are large and round.

Then you have the muscular type, which is evidenced by a sturdy body and a round, full-cheeked head.

Finally, the foreign type can be observed by its slender body, long legs, and long tail.  The head of this type of cat is wedge-shaped and produces tall ears and eyes that slant.

As for me, well….anyone call tell at first blush that I have it going on! Don’t try to duplicate this amazing look! Not possible!

Take care!  Catch you later! Thanks to catscan.com for this intriguing information.  Perhaps they will dedicate a page all to me!  Looks like this don’t just come along every day, you know!

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Faster than a speeding cat….

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Party Marty here, the amazing WunderCat!  The other day, I took the liberty of sniffing around the belongings of our late and beloved Bo, the cat whom I aspire to be most like one day!  Seems he had a thing for collecting cat trivia.  Guess it was his way for getting back at Jessie, the alleged know-it-all dog around here.  Check out some of these interesting tid bits about the feline species!  You will be amazed!

**Humans and cats have similar regions in the brain responsible for emotions!

**A cat’s brain is actually far more similar to a man’s brain than a dog’s brain. (Well…duh!  I could have told you that!)

**A cat cannot see directly under its nose. (So THAT”S how Jessie has gotten away with so much mischief around me!)

**A domestic cat can sprint at speeds up to 31 mph! (Especially if there is a treat on the receiving end of that sprint!)

**Cats drink from the under side of their tongues…not from the top. (That’s only something a dog would do!)

**Cats dislike the scent of citrus. (“Orange” you glad I alerted you to that fact?)

Wow!  I better get going.  I just came across Bo’s diary!  Wow!  What a windfall!  I can only imagine what secrets are hidden within these pages. I see here there’s a chapter devoted entirely to annoying Jessie.  I better dive deeply into that one!

Catch you later, but bet you can’t catch me…unless you can run 31 mph!

(Thanks to xmission.com for some of this valuable information!)

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This Cat Trivia Does Not Make Cats Trivial!

Monday, March 14th, 2011

Jessie, the dog who has chosen to stay inside today, as the snow is falling, yet it is supposed to be sunny and 60 by tomorrow:  I enjoyed a nice, relaxing weekend, laying in the sun on Saturday and catching up on my sleep on Sunday, as we had to set our clocks ahead by an hour.  I can’t lose a precious hour of beauty sleep, you know…especially since I am now in the spotlight all of the time!  I did have a chance to rustle up some fun cat trivia over the weekend.  I was thinking about our beloved Bo and how much we miss him, so I decided to honor him with these trivial facts.  (Hey!  We had a love-hate relationship.  Putting his name in the same sentence with the word “trivial” is merely an expression of my affections for him!)

Did you know?????

**All cats are born with blue eyes.

**Cats can donate blood to other cats.

**Americans spend nearly $54 billion a year on their cats.

**After being handled by a human, cats will lick their fur to get rid of that human smell and to calm themselves.

**Cats have an extraordinary homing ability using their biological clocks, the angle of the sun, and the Earth’s magnetic field.

**Cats purr at about 26 cycles per second, which is the same frequency as an idling diesel engine.

**A group of cats is called a clowder.  A group of kittens is called a kindle. (So…what’s up with this e-book reader called “Kindle?”  Must be a purrrr-fect thing to have!)

**A 15-year-old cat has probably slept about 10 of those 15 years. Wow!

Well, that just wore me out. I’m going to go settle down in the living room and watch the snow fall outside the window.  Here’s to you, Bo!  Miss you bunches!  You were so much fun to tease!

(Thanks to pets90210.com for these fun facts!)

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Pet Trivia that Your Dog Might Not Even Know!

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Bo, the intellectual cat: I have been doing some fun research on the internet lately. (Jessie, the reasonable canine, interrupts: Yeah!  When he’s not watching clips on You Tube!)

Bo: Yeah?  Well there sure are a lot of funny videos out there about dogs and their silly antics.  I could easily be entertained for hours.  Nevertheless, I have more pressing things to do.  I prefer to bone up on research and matters of intellectual prowess.  So, when I was surfing the web, I came across some fun trivia facts about pets.  For example, did you know that cats have up to 26 more vertebrae than the human back bone?  This allows for greater flexibility.  Ahh…I feel superior already!

Jessie: Bet you didn’t know that during the 19th century, mummified cats in Egypt were excavated and used as manure!

Bo: Well, I have it on good authority that in the past, Burmese cats were reported to have had their own servants!  In fact, at one point, Burmese cats were so highly valued that it was illegal to sell them!  Cats have class, grace, and dignity…something that you would never understand!

Jessie: Big deal!  Did you know that all dogs are direct descendants of wolves?  Yeah!  You better sleep with one eye open tonight, Fur Ball.

Bo: Before you get all high and mighty, did you know that 25% of a dog’s stool volume is shed intestinal epithelium?  (To the audience: Not exactly sure what that is, but it sounds gross!)

Jessie: Yeah?  Well, some authorities indicate that a dog’s sense of smell is as high as 1 million times greater than humans.  And guess what?  You stink!  (Storms off to the other room!)

Bo, sniffing his arm pits and then turning to audience: I wonder if she actually smells her intestinal epithelium?  Gotta go….just realized Jessie is on my Facebook page!  She could be posting incriminating information!  You all can friend me later!  I have pressing business to tend to! (Running down the hall yelling at Jessie: I am going to de-friend you if you don’t stop that!)

(Thanks to petchalet.com for these fun facts!)

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Yeah? Well I can do better than that!

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Jessie, adorable dog, friend to many, advisor to all, warden over Bo, that cat that lives in the house:  Did you know that about one million dogs have actually been named as primary beneficiaries in their owners’ wills?  Wonder what I am getting?  Did you also know that about 33% of those who own dogs will admit that they actually talk to their dogs on the phone or leave them a message on voicemail!  (Okay, that is kind of weird.  Usually my agent fields those types of calls!)

Bo:  Well, I can one-up you there, buddy! Cats, not dogs, are the most common pets in America.  It is our 66 million to your 58 million.  You are way out-numbered!

Jessie: So?  Dogs have such large pupils and a wide field of vision that we are really good at following moving targets, er, objects!

Bo:  This is music to my ears:  Cats have more than 100 vocal sounds.  You poor dogs only have ten.

Jessie:  I only need one to tell you where to put it! Moving on, it has been noted that those who own pets live longer, exprerience less stress, and have fewer heart attacks….unless, of course, they live with the likes of Bo.

Bo:  Did you know that the prairie dog is not actually a dog at all?  It is a RODENT!  A distant relative, perhaps, Jessie?

Jessie:  I have to go.  I hear they may be making a monument in my honor somewhere, and I want to be on hand for the unveiling.  There are more monuments in the world made after dogs than cats anyway.

Bo:  Yes…and many dogs have “pee’d” on them?

(If Bo and Jessie have not put more Joy of Living into your day, then contact the pet sitting experts at Joy of Living in Kansas City so that your pets can be happy, safe, and loved whenever you have to go out of town.)

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