Kittens
By: Alyssa Schmidt
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All About Kittens!
Fun Facts
- Cats have 30 vertebrae. Humans have 33 vertebrae during early development and 26 after the sacral and coccygeal regions fuse.
- Cats have more bones than a human; Humans have 206 while the cat has 230.
- Cat's brains are more similar to a Man's brain than that of a dog.
- Cats have 30 teeth (12 incisors, 10 premolars, 4 canines, and 4 molars).
- Cats purr at the same frequency as an idling diesel engine,which is about 26 cycles per second.
- A kitten will typically weigh about 3 ounces at birth.
- Cat's urine glows under a black light.
- Six-toed kittens are so common in Boston and surrounding areas of Massachusetts that experts consider it an established mutation.