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[Jakeby]

;D write facts no spaming and keep on the topic!
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[Jakeby]

2005 - Hurricane Katrina was the most costly on record, causing an estimated $80 billion of damage. It also claimed 1,300 lives - the greatest number for a USA hurricane since the 1928 Florida hurricane
1992 - Hurricane Andrew was a Category 5 hurricane which hit south- east Florida and south-east Louisiana, causing $45 billion of damage
1969 - Camille was a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 190 m.p.h. It hit Mississippi; south-east Louisiana, and Virginia, causing damage totalling $15 billion
1935 - The Labor Day Storm was a Category 5 hurricane which hit the Florida Keys

[Frost]

obviously copy and paste.

[Jakeby]

yip
keep on the topic post something claw

[Jakeby]

Cats have 30 vertebrae, which is 5 more than humans.

Cats have 230 bones, 24 more than humans.

Cats do not have a collarbone, which allows them to fit through any opening the size of their head.

Cats are great contortionists. Their forelegs can turn in almost any direction and both halves of their bodies can move in opposite directions!

Cats' hearing is much more sensitive than that of humans and dogs. (Cats' hearing stops at 65 khz whereas humans' hearing stops at 20 khz)

Cats have the largest eyes of any mammal (in relation to body size)

Cats can't see in total darkness, but their 'night vision' is excellent. Their eyes have a reflective layer (tapetum) which serves to enhance the light that reaches the retina.

A cats field of vision is about 185 degrees.

Cats has approximately 60 to 80 million olfactory cells; a human has between 5 and 20 million.

Normal pulse for cats is between 110-170 beats per minute (check for pulse on the inside of the back thigh, where the leg joins the body).


Cats take between 20-40 breaths per minute.

A cat's normal body temperature is 102 degrees F.

A domestic cat can run at speeds of about 31 miles per hour.

Cats have extremely sensitive nervous systems.

A cat is able to jump 5 times as high as its height.

Every cat's nose pad is unique, and no two nose prints are the same.

Cats are the only animals that purr. They purr at about 26 cycles per second.

Cats respond better to women than to men, probably due to the fact that women's voices have a higher pitch.

Purring does not always mean that a cat is happy; some cats will purr loudly when they are scared or hurt.

A litter of kittens is a kindle.

People who are allergic to cats are actually allergic to their saliva or their dander (regular bathing can help with the allergies).

It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure.

In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death.

The average cat can be expected to live for an average of 15 to 16 years.

To determine how old your cat is in human years start with 20 years for your cat's first year, then add 4 human years for each cat year after that. For example, my 4 year old cat is equivalent to a 32 year old human.

[Jakeby]

Myth: Feed your cat as much as she likes; cats have a natural appetite control.
Fact: Over feeding your cat can cause it to be overweight, which can shorten its life span.
Myth: Cats that are spayed or neutered automatically gain weight.
Fact: Cats gain weight from eating too much, not exercising enough or both.

Myth: Cats should drink milk everyday.
Fact: While most cats do like milk, they don't need it if they're properly nourished. Some cats can be lactose intolerant and milk will cause them problems. If you feed your cats milk at all, make sure it's in small amounts, infrequently.

Myth: Cats always land on their feet.
Fact: Cats may instinctively fall feet first, but they can also receive broken bones. Make sure to secure any windows or balconies to prevent a fall.

Myth: Indoor cats cannot get diseases.
Fact: Cats can be exposed to organisms that are brought into the house (in the air, on people's shoes, clothing, etc.). Get your cats vaccinated even if they remain indoors.

Myth: Pregnant women should not own cats.
Fact: Cats can be infected with a disease (toxoplasmosis) which can be spread to humans through litter boxes. This disease can cause problems to unborn babies. This can be controlled if the mother-to-be avoids contact with the litter box. (It should be noted that this disease can also be passed through the handling of raw meat, so litter boxes are not the only thing pregnant women should be weary of)


I have tried to make all these facts as accurate as possible, although I have found different views on some of these topics. If you know that something I've included is wrong, please let me know!

[Frost]

if you say so: The tiger (Panthera tigris) is a mammal of the Felidae family, the largest of four "big cats" in the Panthera genus.[3] Native to much of eastern and southern Asia, the tiger is an apex predator and an obligate carnivore. Reaching up to 4 metres (13 feet) in total length and weighing up to 300 kg (660 pounds), tigers are comparable in size to the biggest extinct felids.[4][5] Aside from their great bulk and power, their most recognizable feature is the pattern of dark vertical stripes that overlays near-white to reddish-orange fur, with lighter underparts.

Highly adaptable, tigers range from the Siberian taiga to open grasslands to tropical mangrove swamps. They are territorial and generally solitary animals, often requiring large contiguous areas of habitat that support their prey demands. This, coupled with the fact that they are endemic to some of the more densely populated places on earth, has caused significant conflicts with humans. Of the nine subspecies of modern tiger, three are extinct and the remaining are classified as endangered, some critically so. The primary direct causes are habitat destruction and fragmentation and hunting. Their historical range, which once reached from Mesopotamia and the Caucasus through most of South and East Asia, has been radically reduced. While all surviving species are under formal protection, poaching, habitat destruction and inbreeding depression continue to be threats.

Nonetheless, tigers are among most recognizable and popular of the world's charismatic megafauna. They have featured prominently in ancient mythology and folklore, and continue to be depicted in modern films and literature. Tigers appear on many flags, coats of arms and as mascots for sporting teams and serve as the national animal of several Asian nations.The word "tiger" is taken from the Greek word "tigris", which is possibly derived from a Persian source meaning "arrow", a reference to the animal's speed and also the origin for the "Tigris".[6][7] In American English, "Tigress" was first recorded in 1611. It was one of the many species originally described, as Felis tigris, by Linnaeus in his 18th century work, Systema Naturae.[8] The generic component of its scientific designation, Panthera tigris, is often presumed to derive from Greek pan- ("all") and ther ("beast"), but this may be a folk etymology. Although it came into English through the classical languages, panthera is probably of East Asian origin, meaning "the yellowish animal," or "whitish-yellow".[9]

RangeIn the historical past tigers were widespread in Asia, from the Caucasus and the Caspian Sea to Siberia and Indonesia. During the 19th century the striped cats completely vanished from entire western Asia and became restricted in the remaining parts of its range almost exclusively to isolated pockets. This fragmented relic range extends from India in the west to China and Southeast Asia in the east today. The northern limit is close to the Amur River in south eastern Siberia. The only large Island inhabited today is Sumatra. From Java it obviously disappeared in second half of the 19th century and from Borneo it is known only from fossil remains.

Taxonomy and evolutionThe oldest remains of a tiger-like cat, called Panthera palaeosinensis have been found in China and Java. This species occurred about 2 million years ago at the beginning of the pleistocene and was smaller than a tiger. Early true tiger fossils stem from Java and are between 1.6 and 1.8 million years old. Distinct fossils from the early and middle Pleistocene were discovered in deposits from China, Sumatra and Java. A subspecies called Trinil tiger (Panthera tigris trinilensis) occurred about 1.2 million years ago and was found at the locality of Trinil, Java, Indonesia.[10] In India, and northern Asia the tiger appears for the first time in the late pleistocene. Fossil tigers were also found in eastern Beringia (but not on the American Continent) and Sakhalin island. Tiger fossils of the late Pleistocene have also turned up in Japan. These fossils indicate that the Japanese tiger was not bigger than the island subspecies of tigers of recent ages. This may be due to the phenomenon in which body size is related to environmental space (see insular dwarfism), or in the case of a large predator like a tiger, availability of prey. Until the Holocene tigers occurred also in Borneo, where it is not present today.

Subspecies

There are nine recent subspecies of tiger, three of which are extinct, one of which is almost certain to become extinct in the near future, and five of which still occur.[3] Their historical range (severely diminished today) ran through Russia, Siberia, Iran, Afghanistan, India, China and southeast Asia, including the Indonesian islands. The surviving subspecies in descending order of wild population are:
Bengal tiger
Bengal tiger

* The Bengal tiger or the Royal Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is found in parts of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Burma. It lives in varied habitats: grasslands, subtropical and tropical rainforests, scrub forests, wet and dry deciduous forests and mangroves. Males in the wild usually weigh 205 to 227 kg (450–500 lb), while the average female will weigh about 141 kg.[11] However, the northern Indian and the Nepalese Bengal tigers are supposed to be somewhat bulkier than those found in the south of the Indian Subcontinent, with males averaging around 520 lbs (236 kg).[12] While conservationists suspected the population was below 2,000,[13] the most recent audit by the Indian Government's National Tiger Conservation Authority has estimated the number at 1411 wild tigers (1165-1657 allowing for statistical error), a drop of 60% in the past decade.[14] Since 1972, there has been a massive wildlife conservation project known as Project Tiger underway to protect the Bengal tiger. The project is considered as one of the most successful wildlife conservation programs, though at least one Tiger Reserve (Sariska Tiger Reserve) has lost its entire tiger population to poaching.[15]

Indochinese tiger
Indochinese tiger

* The Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti), also called Corbett's tiger, is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam. These tigers are smaller and darker than Bengal tigers: Males weigh from 150–190 kg (330–420 lb) while females are smaller at 110–140 kg (242–308 lb). Their preferred habitat is forests in mountainous or hilly regions. Estimates of the Indonese tiger population vary between 1,200 to 1,800, with only several hundred left in the wild. The largest current population is in Malaysia, where illegal poaching is strictly controlled, but all existing populations are at extreme risk from habitat fragmentation and inbreeding. In Vietnam, almost three-quarters of the tigers killed provide stock for Chinese pharmacies.
* The Malayan tiger (Panthera tigris malayensis), exclusively found in the southern (Malaysian) part of the Malay Peninsula, was not considered a subspecies in its own right until 2004. The new classification came about after a study by Luo et al. from the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity Study,[16] part of the National Cancer Institute of the United States. Recent counts showed there are 600–800 tigers in the wild, making it the third largest tiger population behind the Bengal tiger and the Indochinese tiger. The Malayan tiger is a national icon in Malaysia, appearing on its coat of arms and in logos of Malaysian institutions, such as Maybank.

Sumatran tiger
Sumatran tiger

* The Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) is found only on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, and is critically endangered.[17] It is the smallest of all living tiger subspecies, with adult males weighing between 100–130 kg (220–286 lb) and females 70–90 kg (154–198 lb). Their small size is an adaptation to the thick, dense forests of the Sumatra island where they reside, as well as the smaller-sized prey. The wild population is estimated at between 400 and 500, seen chiefly in the island's national parks. Recent genetic testing has revealed the presence of unique genetic markers, indicating that it may develop into a separate species, if it does not go extinct.[18] This has led to suggestions that Sumatran tigers should have greater priority for conservation than any other subspecies. While Habitat destruction is the main threat to the existing tiger population (logging continues even in the supposedly protected national parks), 66 tigers were recorded as being shot and killed between 1998 and 2000, or nearly 20% of the total population.

Siberian Tiger
Siberian Tiger

* The Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), also known as the Amur, Manchurian or North China tiger, is confined to the Amur-Ussuri region of Primorsky Krai and Khabarovsk Krai in far eastern Siberia, where it is now protected. Considered the largest subspecies, with an average weight of around 227 kg (500 lb) for males.[19] The Amur tiger is also noted for its thick coat, distinguished by a paler golden hue and a fewer stripes. A six-month old Siberian tiger can be as big as a fully grown leopard. The last two censuses (1996 and 2005) found 450–500 Amur tigers within their single and more or less continuous range making it one of the largest undivided tiger populations in the world.

South China tiger
South China tiger

* The South China tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis), also known as the Amoy or Xiamen tiger, is the most critically endangered subspecies of tiger and is listed as one of the 10 most endangered species in the world.[20] will almost certainly become extinct. It is one of the smaller tiger subspecies. The length of the South China tiger ranges from 2.2–2.6 m (87–104 in) for both males and females. Males weigh between 127 and 177 kg (280–390 lb) while females weigh between 100 and 118 kg (220–260 lb). From 1983 to 2007, no South China tigers were sighted.[21] In 2007 a farmer spotted a tiger and handed in photographs to the authorities as proof.[22][21] In 1977, the Chinese government passed a law banning the killing of wild tigers, but this may have been too late to save the subspecies. There are currently 59 known captive South China tigers, all within China, but these are known to be descended from only six animals. Thus, the genetic diversity required to maintain the subspecies may no longer exist. Currently, there are breeding efforts to reintroduce these tigers to the wild by 2008.

Extinct subspecies
A hunted down Balinese tiger.
A hunted down Balinese tiger.

* The Balinese tiger (Panthera tigris balica) was limited to the island of Bali. These tigers were hunted to extinction—the last Balinese tiger is thought to have been killed at Sumbar Kima, West Bali on 27 September 1937; this was an adult female. No Balinese tiger was ever held in captivity. The tiger still plays an important role in Balinese Hindu religion.

* The Javan tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica) was limited to the Indonesian island of Java. It now seems likely that this subspecies became extinct in the 1980s, as a result of hunting and habitat destruction, but the extinction of this subspecies was extremely probable from the 1950s onwards (when it is thought that fewer than 25 tigers remained in the wild). The last specimen was sighted in 1979, but there was a re-ignition of reported sightings during the 1990s.[23][24]

* The Caspian tiger or Persian tiger (Panthera tigris virgata) appears to have become extinct in the late 1950s,[25][26] with the last reliable sighting in 1968, though it is thought that such a tiger was last shot dead in the south-eastern-most part of Turkey in 1970. Historically it ranged through Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, the former Soviet Union, and Turkey.[25] The Caspian tiger was a large subspecies and reached nearly the dimensions of the Bengal Tiger. The heaviest confirmed weight of a male was 240 kg. The ground colour was comparable to that of the Indian subspecies, but differed especially in the tight, narrow striping pattern. The stripes were rather dark grey or brown than black. Especially during the winter, the fur was relatively long. The Caspian tiger was one of two subspecies of tiger (along with the Bengal) that was used by the Romans to battle gladiators and other animals, including the Barbary Lion.

[Farrelei]

Oh my.

Oh dear.

Here's a fact that not many know about: SUPANOVA IS ON JULY 20-22 IN SYDNEY THIS YEAR!!!!

[Jakeby]

i guess but keep on the topic

[Frost]

he was.

[arnie]

Turtles can breath through there buttocks.

[arnie]

Also,

In Tonga, you catch an octopus by being lowered into the water by some mates, covering your eyes, and letting the octopus grab you after which you are pulled out.

You cover your eyes to stop the suction caps pulling them out.

[potato7]

ALSO women are better drivers then men but men are better parkers on avrage at lest

[hex]

and rhinos can run 80 km per hour but cheetahs can run 115

[Jakeby]

yes keep up the good facts this is what i wanted and arnie why are you so smart you must be in like year 10 or something???



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