Play, learn and skill up for cats

Cat fact of the week · for everyone

• A slow blink from a cat is a friendly hello. Try slowly blinking back.
• Cats can’t taste sweet things, so they don’t have a sweet tooth.
• Kittens are born with their eyes shut. They open at about one to two weeks old.
• A group of kittens is called a kindle.
• Most cats have 18 toes: five on each front paw and four on each back paw.
• Cats walk on their toes, not on the flat of their feet.
• Cats sweat through the pads of their paws.
• Grown-up cats mostly meow to talk to people, not to other cats.
• Whiskers help cats feel their way around, even in the dark.
• Cats have a third eyelid that helps protect and clean their eyes.