Facts 76-80

76. The Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, the famous book by Lewis Carroll, was a character that kept disappearing, all except for its grin.

77. When a cat drinks, its tongue --which has tiny barbs on it-- scoops the liquid up backwards. The barbs also help it to strip meat off bones.

78. All Birmans are said to be descendants of a sacred cat named Sinh the Oracle that lived in the Temple of Lao Tsun, where cats were worshipped as gods.

79. The average cat consumes about 127,000 calories a year, nearly 28 times its own weight and food and the same amount again in liquids. Cats cannot survive on a vegetarian diet.

80. Mincho, a female cat that lived in Argentina, went up a tree and didn't come down again until her death six years later. While in the tree, she managed to have three litters.

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