Cats
Before You Read
What do you know about cats?
Think about these questions:
a) Can cats hear well?
c) Do cats remember things?
d) How many different sounds can cats make?
f) Are cats the most popular pets in your country?
Think about these questions:
a) Can cats hear well?
c) Do cats remember things?
d) How many different sounds can cats make?
f) Are cats the most popular pets in your country?
Slideshow
True or False
a) cats
have excellent hearing.
b) cats can hear in all directions.
c) cats have fourteen whiskers.
d) a dog has an excellent memory.
e) cats, giraffes and dogs all walk in the same way.
f) dogs are the most popular pets in the USA.
g) parakeets are the least popular pets in the USA.
b) cats can hear in all directions.
c) cats have fourteen whiskers.
d) a dog has an excellent memory.
e) cats, giraffes and dogs all walk in the same way.
f) dogs are the most popular pets in the USA.
g) parakeets are the least popular pets in the USA.
Vocabulary
Answers/Transcript
True/False
a) true b) true c) false ('four rows of whiskers') d) false e) false (camels not dogs).
f) false g) false (3rd most popular).
Transcript
Cats have amazing hearing ability. A cat's ear has 30 muscles (human ears only have six muscles). These muscles rotate 180 degrees, so the cat can hear in all directions without moving its head.
A cat has four rows of whiskers.
Cats have better memories than dogs. Tests show that while a dogs memory lasts no more than 5 minutes, a cat's can last as long as 16 hours. This is more even that of a monkey and an orangutan.
Cats have more than one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
Cats step with both left legs, then both right legs when they walk or run. The only other animals to do this are the giraffe and the camel.
a) true b) true c) false ('four rows of whiskers') d) false e) false (camels not dogs).
f) false g) false (3rd most popular).
Transcript
Cats have amazing hearing ability. A cat's ear has 30 muscles (human ears only have six muscles). These muscles rotate 180 degrees, so the cat can hear in all directions without moving its head.
A cat has four rows of whiskers.
Cats have better memories than dogs. Tests show that while a dogs memory lasts no more than 5 minutes, a cat's can last as long as 16 hours. This is more even that of a monkey and an orangutan.
Cats have more than one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
Cats step with both left legs, then both right legs when they walk or run. The only other animals to do this are the giraffe and the camel.
