Today is International Cat Day!
Created by The International Fund for Animal Welfare, International Cat Day is a day to celebrate one of the world’s most cherished pets.
Here are some fun feline facts to purrrrfectly start your day:
- A group of cats is called a Clowder.
- A cat has five toes on his front paws, and four on the back, unless he’s a polydactyl. Polydactyl cats are also referred to as “Hemingway cats” because the author was so fond of them.
- Sir Isaac Newton, among his many achievements, invented the cat “flap” door.
- A cat’s nose pad is ridged with a unique pattern, just like the fingerprint of a human.
- The furry tufts on the inside of cats’ ears are called “ear furnishings”