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  2. Cat anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Cats are highly territorial, and secretion of odors plays a major role in cat communication. The nose helps cats to identify territories, other cats and mates, to locate food, and has various other uses. [7] A cat's sense of smell is believed to be about fourteen times more sensitive than that of humans.

  3. Cat senses - Wikipedia

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    Cats have a visual field of view of 200° compared with 180° in humans, but a binocular field (overlap in the images from each eye) narrower than that of humans. As with most predators, their eyes face forward, affording depth perception at the expense of field of view. Field of view is largely dependent upon the placement of the eyes, but may ...

  4. Human interaction with cats - Wikipedia

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    Cats and humans evolutionarily diverged from a common ancestor (boreoeutherian ancestor) approximately 80 million years ago, accumulating only 10–12 chromosomal translocations. [71] The order of eight genes on the cats' Y chromosome closely resembles that in humans. [72] Genes on X chromosomes of cats and humans are arranged in a similar way ...

  5. Comparative anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Comparative anatomy is the study of similarities and differences in the anatomy of different species. It is closely related to evolutionary biology and phylogeny [ 1 ] (the evolution of species). The science began in the classical era , continuing in the early modern period with work by Pierre Belon who noted the similarities of the skeletons ...

  6. Cat - Wikipedia

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    Cats have relatively few taste buds compared to humans (470 or so, compared to more than 9,000 on the human tongue). [86] Domestic and wild cats share a taste receptor gene mutation that keeps their sweet taste buds from binding to sugary molecules, leaving them with no ability to taste sweetness. [87]

  7. 15 Cats Who Think They’re Human and the Proof is Hilarious

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    Normally, house cats don't pitch in with the chores, but this mama cat was not about to let her crazy kitten make a mess of her human's hard work! 9. This Cat Who Loves Riding a Rocking Horse

  8. Cat intelligence - Wikipedia

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    The brain of the domesticated cat is about five centimetres (2.0 in) long and weighs 25–30 g (0.88–1.06 oz). [1] [2] If a typical cat is taken to be 60 cm (24 in) long with a weight of 3.3 kg (7.3 lb), then the brain would be at 0.91% [3] of its total body mass, compared to 2.33% [3] of total body mass in the average human.

  9. Oriental Shorthair Cat's Bizarre Nightly Routine with ... - AOL

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    These cats already look a bit unique--even human-like--but one of Nacho's daily habits proves he's a feline through and through. Cats are pros at getting warm and being in the way, but this ...