“Average” is a really hard statistic considering entirely different living conditions across the world. Factor in street cats & baby deaths and the average is probably closer to 4 years.
The fact that there is a Wikipedia page for this shows that it is noteworthy when it happens. Further, most people in this thread have probably already surpassed that milestone
Cats work for 15 years max. You might live until 100.
15 years is not the maximum time a cat can remain alive and suple. On average they can live up to 17 years and some live to their 20s.
“Average” is a really hard statistic considering entirely different living conditions across the world. Factor in street cats & baby deaths and the average is probably closer to 4 years.
This was for house cats.
But cats have 9 lives
I don’t wanna
There is literally a Wikipedia page dedicated to cats that have lived to be older than 25 years: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-living_cats
The fact that there is a Wikipedia page for this shows that it is noteworthy when it happens. Further, most people in this thread have probably already surpassed that milestone
Ok, median expected lifetime is around 15.
I find that hard to believe too. I’ve never known anyone who’s had a cat die younger than like 15, but I suppose it could be true