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Question 1

How many cats are in the world?

Answer 1

600 million

Question 2

How many pet cats are in the US?

Answer 2

75-95 million

Question 3

How many cats are in shelters in the US?

Answer 3

3.5 million

Question 4

How many cats in the US are adopted?

Answer 4

1.5 million

Question 5

How many cats in the US are euthanized?

Answer 5

2 million

Question 6

How many cats in the US are stray?

Answer 6

70 million

Question 7

How many vet visits will cats have per year?

Answer 7

1.6 a year

Question 8

How much do household cats cost a year?

Answer 8

$836

Question 9

How many cats a year are used for research?

Answer 9

20k cats

Question 10

What is the terminology of a female cat?

Answer 10

Queen

Question 11

What age do female cats get puberty

Answer 11

6 months

Question 12

Are cats polyestrous or seasonally polyestrous?

Answer 12

Cats are seasonally polyestrous

Question 13

How long do cat breeding cycles last for?

Answer 13

15-21 days

Question 14

How long are cats heat?

Answer 14

7 days

Question 15

How many offspring can a cat have in a lifespan?

Answer 15

150 kittens

Question 16

What kind of uterus do cats have?

Answer 16

Bicornuate uterus

Question 17

How long is cat’s gestation?

Answer 17

66 days

Question 18

How big can kitten litter sizes be?

Answer 18

1-10 kittens

Question 19

What age to cats wean?

Answer 19

6-8 weeks

Question 20

What is the terminology of a male cat?

Answer 20

Tom

Question 21

What age do male cats get puberty?

Answer 21

6 months

Question 22

How are female cats stimulated to ovulate?

Answer 22

From male cat-spined penis due to keratinous

Question 23

Can female cats be mated with multiple males?

Answer 23

Yes

Question 24

What other things does the male cat spine keratinous do when mating?

Answer 24

The spines extract semen from other male cats that bred with the mom.

Question 25

Can female cats have kittens with different dads?

Answer 25

Yes kittens may have different fathers in the same litter

Question 26

How many keratinous will male cats have for mating?

Answer 26

100-150

Question 27

What type of melanin makes orange cats?

Answer 27

Pheomelanin

Question 28

What melanin makes black cats?

Answer 28

Eumelanin

Question 29

What does it mean if the orange gene is sex-linked?

Answer 29

The gene is only located on the x chromosomes

Question 30

Orange male cats must have what type of gene?

Answer 30

One dominant “O” for orange gene

Question 31

How do animals thermoregulate?

Answer 31

Cuddling, sun bathing, shivering, painting, rolling in puddles, removing excess skin, and grooming themselves

Question 32

What is thermoregulation?

Answer 32

The state of homeostasis where the animal is maintaining a comfortable body heat in different environments

Question 33

What are the critical temperatures for cattle?

Answer 33

0-22 degree Celsius

Question 34

What are the critical temperatures for cats?

Answer 34

30-36 degree Celsius

Question 35

What are the critical temperatures for adult dogs?

Answer 35

20-35 degrees Celsius

Question 36

What are the critical temperatures for puppies

Answer 36

30 degree Celsius

Question 37

What are sexual behaviors for animals

Answer 37

Ovulation and heat

Question 38

What is coprophagy?

Answer 38

When animal consumes its own feces for nutrients

Question 39

What does it mean when an animal has PICA?

Answer 39

When the animals eat bones of other animals

Question 40

PICA occurs in animals when they have what?

Answer 40

Ca/phosphorus deficiency

Question 41

What are the female genetic

Answer 41

XX

Question 42

What are the male genetics

Answer 42

XY