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It's hard to sneak by a sleeping cat for that very reason

Long, muscular hind legs enable snow leopards to leap seven times their own body length in a single bound.

I wish I could do that

A cat's appetite is the barometer of its health. Any cat that does not eat or drink for more than two days should be taken to a vet.

My aging cat still eats and drinks really well

Phoenician cargo ships are thought to have brought the first domesticated cats to Europe in about 900 BC.

That is a possibility. Cats were often kept on ships to keep the rats and mice in check.

A cat cannot see directly under its nose.