The heaviest recorded cat was an Australian cat called Himmy. The tabby tom Himmy weighed in at 21.3kg (46.9lb) when he died of respiratory failure, on March 12th 1986 aged 10 years.

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Towser, who worked for the Famous Grouse distillery in Perthshire, Scotland, racked up an impressive 30,000 mice in his 24 years there, earning him a place in the Guinness Book of Records.

Sadly he passed away, but will never be forgotten, as a statue of him has been erected in the grounds of the distillery.

The life expectancy of a feral cat is less than 10 years, domestic cats enjoy an expectancy of 10 to 15 years, but once in a while a remarkable feline reaches more than double this age. The oldest cat ever recorded was Creme Puff of Austin Texas. Born on August 3rd 1967, Creme Puff celebrated her 38th birthday in August 2005.