Lazy Animals

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Lazy animals

 

Cats started living with people as pets thousands of years ago, and now there are about 500 million domestic cats around the world. Cats are usually very good hunters and can catch mice and small birds – although they don't often eat them, if they can get normal cat food!

In fact, they are very lazy animals: on average, they sleep for about sixteen hours a day. They also spend a lot of time keeping themselves clean by washing their fur with their tongues.

Male cats are called toms and female cats are called queens. Female cats are pregnant for about nine weeks, and usually have between two and five kittens. There are over one hundred breeds of cat, and even a hairless cat called the sphinx cat!

 

 

Read the article about cats and see how many questions can you answer.

 

  1. How many domestic cats are there in the world today?
  1. What do they eat?
  2. How many hours a day do they sleep?
  3. How long are female cats pregnant?
  1. How many kittens do they have at one time?
  2. How many breads (kinds) of cats are there?
  1. What is special about sphinx cats?

 

  1. 500 million
  2. they eat normal cat food
  3. 16 hours a day
  4. about nine weeks
  5. two and five kittens
  6. over hundred
  7. hairless cat

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