large cats such as lions, tigers, and leopards, are attracted to calvin klein's obsession cologne.

the world's rarest wild cat is the amur leopard, which lives in the mountain forests of northeast china. there are only 65 left.

japan has more than a dozen islands where cats significantly outnumber people.

in france during the 17th and 18th centuries, people burned bags full of cats for good luck. which didn't exactly help with the rat problem.

when cats squint - even big cats, like lions and tigers - it's to show that they feel safe and happy.

domestic cats are responsible for the extinction of more than 33 bird species... so far.

there are about 84 million domestic cast in the u.s., plus somewhere between 30 and 80 million feral cats. they kill between 1.4 and 3.7 billion birds each year, plus a little more than 12 billion billion mice, rats, squirrels, chipmunks, and rabbits, and about 650 million reptiles and amphibians. so far, they have contributed to the extinction of 33 species.

lesson: don't let your cats outside, and take any strays you find to the nearest animal shelter.