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Cats have nine lives?

Why is it that cats have 9 nine lives, or said to have.

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Answer #1

It just appears that they might…they can be “lucky” so often…but like all of us, they only have one life.

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Answer #2

yeah it’s true my cats shud have died yeArs ago bbut they are still alive , so I think it’s true

Answer #3

well I work at a vet hospital and I have not seen it yet.

Answer #4

it’s an old wives tale

Answer #5

They don’t it’s just a myth.

-Some people started saying it because cats can survive falling from very high places with few if any injuries. Thus the saying - they have 9 lives because they seem to be almost invinciable.

-The reason for “9” is that Ancient Mathematical Philosophers called “nine” the finishing post - or completion.

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