2007-03-03 23:51:37 · 24 answers · asked by zila 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
Nope. Just the one.
2007-03-04 00:03:19 · answer #1 · answered by greymatter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course not, like any other animal they have 1. But they are very lucky, very resilient and remarkably good at getting out of sticky situations. Hence the phrase. The number of lives probably comes from the cat of 9 tails which was a kind of whip used aboard ships, which incidentally is were the saying "not enough room to swing a cat" comes from.
2007-03-04 01:04:28 · answer #2 · answered by gerrifriend 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well the whole 9 life thing is a myth. Cats are living things such as humans.
2007-03-11 07:39:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that saying is pretty old. Basically, a cat seems to get h/her self into things alot because of curiosity. Have you heard the saying "Curiosity killed the cat" ? Same thing only the killed cat is probably on his ninth life. :)
2007-03-10 15:46:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if cats have 9 lives ours has spent 8 of them .
2007-03-08 15:11:19 · answer #5 · answered by thumper 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
this is not true
so be good to all cats they have just one life
2007-03-11 11:27:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is so fake.I had a cat and it died when I was six years old, and I was waiting for him to come alive again, but he never came back. My auntie had a cat and it got ranned over by car, it got back up but then it died so no cats dose not have nine lives. :)
2007-03-11 10:21:58 · answer #7 · answered by Ms.kitty 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True, most cats yes, some no
2007-03-04 01:55:46 · answer #8 · answered by mshonnie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a myth. It has "stuck" through the years because some cats can go through almost ANYTHING and live.
2007-03-03 23:59:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it just means cats have narrow escapes from situations which seem perilous to us. It was never meant literally except in cartoons.
2007-03-08 04:46:49 · answer #10 · answered by txkathidy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Have you witnessed a cat die and then come back to life?
2007-03-03 23:55:44 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋