AnimalsFarm
Cat Fun facts for kids
Felis catus
The cat lives in homes and on farms everywhere and eats meat, like mice and birds.
- Where it lives
- in homes and on farms everywhere
- What it eats
- meat, like mice and birds
- How big it is
- about as tall as your knee
Fun facts about the cat
The ones Sammy likes best. She tells them in the game, too.
A slow blink from a cat means it trusts you, and if you blink slowly back, it often blinks back too.
A falling cat can twist in the air to land on its feet, which is why people say cats have nine lives.
Grown-up cats mostly meow to talk to people, not to other cats.
Cats can't taste sweet things, so sugar tastes like nothing to them.
Cats walk on their tiptoes and move both legs on one side together, just like camels and giraffes.
A cat's tongue is covered in tiny backward hooks, so it works like a comb for its fur.
A cat's whiskers can feel things, helping it tell in the dark if a gap is wide enough to squeeze through.
Cats have a shiny, mirror-like layer in their eyes, so they can see with much less light than we need.
Riddle
Can a friend guess it?
Read the clues to someone, one at a time, without saying the animal. How many clues do they need? Fewer is better, just like in the game.
I live in homes and on farms, almost everywhere people live.
I can't taste sweet things, so sugar tastes like nothing to me.
My whiskers help me feel in the dark if a gap is wide enough for me.
When I fall, I can twist in the air and land on my feet.
I purr, and once I'm grown up, I meow mostly to talk to people.
Sammy might be thinking of a cat.
In Thought Zoo, Sammy picks an animal and you ask her yes-or-no questions to find it. You'll find the cat in the Farm adventure. It's free to play.
Play the FarmComing to iPad, iPhone and Android on 12 January 2027
