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Cat whiskers - cats teeth and bones.Facts about cats 11

An adult domestic cat has 30 teeth.

A cat has 230 bones in it's body.  Most of them are concentrated in it's tail.  A human being, in comparison, has 206 bones, mostly in the spine.

A ticklish kitty subject.

Cats have four rows of whiskers (vibrissae).  Combined in length, they equal the widest part of the cat's body.  Cats and dogs use whiskers to test the width of a space before they attempt to crawl through it.

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