Why people do not like cats? This question has long been concerned about my heart. As a promoter of kotolyubivogo way of life, I have often encountered people who not only did not share my affection for the little furry creatures, but even expressed to him clear and open hostility. Why do you love cats? Over independence, tenderness, brashness, stealth and nocturnal.

What you do not like cats? For nocturnal, cunning, brashness, tenderness and independence. Delve into the issue, I finally came to the conclusion that a person's attitude to cats depends on something inherent or intrinsic to man himself, on what he expects from others and from the fact that he is able to give them.

However, not only we, the ordinary people are so divided in its attitude to small predators. Many great men of the past glory of love or hate these four-legged creatures. Here are just some of the famous cat owner.

Chronologically, the first in the list is the Prophet Muhammad, who once donated his bathrobe, just not to disturb the slumbering favorite. No less love for cats famous prototype of the enemy of the Musketeers, Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, who even wore the nickname "cat Cardinal" and in whose palace lived at the same time more than 20 cats. The French writer and philosopher Voltaire wrote their works only in the presence of a pet cat who liked to lie down with the manuscript as if reading the writing.

The sad fate of the cat played in the fate of King Charles I .  He was sure that his cat brings him happiness, and even put a special protection to it .  But the cat is dead - and a few days later the king was executed .  A well-known lover of the cat tribe was the composer Borodin - according to witnesses, it is not permissible spoiled his many pets, allowing them to even walk around the dining table .  World chess champion Alekhine considered his siamese Chess (Chess) live mascot and always took it in his tournaments .  During his appearances she was lying in the hall on the lap of his wife, and the grand master from time to time down the hall, to pet her favorite .  American writer Chandler called his inseparable friend, a Persian cat Taki, his secretary, as she immediately lay down on any open manuscript .  Going to dinner, the British Prime Minister Churchill necessarily sent for her cat Jock and refused to eat until then, until he took his place at the table .  Writer Ernest Hemingway kept in the house of 150 cats and brought special breed pets . 

However, no less remarkable, and a list of famous kotofobov. For the most part it's pretty unpleasant personality: his hatred of cats famous Genghis Khan, Julius Caesar, Hitler, Goebbels, and Beria. Seeing the cat, Napoleon Bonaparte rushed at her with his sword, trying to hack to death the unfortunate animal. The composer Johannes Brahms in his free time playing music amused himself by trying to kill the neighbor's cat with a bow and arrow, and the American President Eisenhower gave his guards the order immediately if the fire seems near at least one cat. The apotheosis kotonenavistnichestva was an article in the Webster dictionary, where the cat is described as "false animal that hisses when angry."

Indeed, Louis was right Nyusera when he said: "Society is divided into two groups - kotofobov and kotolyubov. Beware of the first and rely on the second, because the love of the feline tribe - a sure sign of a good man. "

What we know about our pets? How many of them? What are they like? As they see, hear, feel?

The total number of the cat world's population is 400 million, with most of the small predators living in United States .  However, the Australians are fighting for first place in the number of cats per capita: for every ten Australians account for 9 cats .  Of the Asian countries cats are best mastered Indonesia, there are about 30 million cats, and here in Europe, France holds the palm, which is home to around 8 million cats .  However, some countries, such as Gabon and Peru, cats deprived of their attention . Like most of the other predators, are descendants of the ancient cat miacids - small animals living on trees .  The ancestor of our domestic cat is a wild North African dun cat .  It has been preserved to our days and lives around the world, in Africa, Europe and Asia .  Predatory like our Murka inherited it from her: she eats small rodents and birds .  Even the name of the cat came to us from North Africa, where it is called Cadiz . 

Cat (a family of naturally presented 37 species) are significantly different in size, and among them there are real giants and midgets. The largest feline - Siberian tiger. The male reaches a length of 3 to 15 meters, while its growth is on average about one meter and reaches a weight of 270 kilograms. However, the most serious was voted African lion, was killed in 1936 in the province of Transvaal. This animal weighed 313 kg. But the most miniature cat - Bengal cats living in southern India and Sri Lanka. The length of the body in the adult animal is typically less than 480 mm, and weight - 1, 6 kg.

Compared with the Bengal cat, ordinary domestic cats - the real giants .  However, they can not boast a particularly impressive in size, although they have their champions .  For example, the length of the cat Snoubi from tip of nose to tip of tail is 103 cm, with growth of only 30 centimeters, so that it is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest cat in the world .  Fattest cat ever was an Australian Himma, who at the time of his death on March 12, 1968 reached a weight of 21 kilograms and 84 centimeters waist circumference .  It was so thick that he could not move on their own and had to haul a wheelbarrow .  Well, the smallest cat - The Tinker-Toy, Himalayan-Persian breed, is still alive and in excellent health, although his height of 7 cm and length - 19 .  The oldest cat put to sleep at the age of 34 years, but her record may still be beaten American named Grandpa, who is now, at age 32, still quite vigorous and maintains mobility movement and clarity of thought .  Book of Records said cats and ability to overcome great distances to get home .  Here, the record is a New York cat, overcame the way from California to New York for five months .  Even in a straight line distance of 3,500 km .  However, this is not the limit .  For example, a cat hamlet just 7 weeks flew 965,600 km .  He was lost in a plane and traveled with the team to the airplane until being caught, pulled out of the upholstery of the aircraft . 

However, there are animals, not famous for appearance, and good faith service for the benefit of society. A striking example of this dedication is an English cat Wilberforce, being on government service. In 1973, the stray cat picked up on the street and brought to the residence of the Prime Minister, which bred a mouse. Cat faithfully served four prime ministers, has not yet grown old and went to live out their lives in one of the private houses. His demise of Margaret Thatcher was announced at a cabinet meeting.

Known to each kind of used cat Morris, who for a decade promoted food "Nine Lives" and managed to play in 40 commercials.

Daria Nedelina

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