TODAY'S got to be the purr-fect day to celebrate our feline friends.

Well, for the cat owners amongst us, every day is surely a day to celebrate them, but today (Sunday) is actually International Cat Day.

And so card website thortful have shared some of the quirky things our little furry friends can get up to, which, let's face it, can be a welcome distraction from the numerous other things we have going on in our lives.

Pets can be rather therapeutic as our reporter Angela Ferguson would vouch, given that she has an aging cute cat called Holly (pictured below) and is also currently looking after some neighbours' cats. They're all on best behaviour - for now, at any rate. And she's definitely not spoiling them all with plenty of treats. Ha ha!  

The Leader: Holly the cat - Angela Ferguson's much loved family petHolly the cat - Angela Ferguson's much loved family pet

Thortful say that, according to Google trends and Answer the Public data, web searches for why cats push things off tables have rocketed by 1500 per cent in the past year.

Other quirky cat-related searches include 'are cats scared of cucumbers?' and 'why cats are better than dogs'.

So, with apologies to those firmly on Team Dog, here are the top 10 funniest things a cat has ever done to a human, as per thortful's research findings.

• My cat pushed my £98 La Mer foundation off the table - don’t think I’ll be getting anything back on the insurance

• My cat farts when I pick him up

• If I don’t lock my cat out of the room, she will stare at me while I’m having an intimate time with my husband. Creepy

• My cat licks my hair when I sleep

• My cat will sleep on my chest every night, even in a heatwave. As a thank you he once threw up on my face

The Leader:

• My cat will jump in the car when I go to work and once I actually drove all the way to the office before noticing

• My cat likes to attack my feet at night. Needless to say I sleep with the door closed now

• My cat hid and slept for 3 straight days and nights in the closet. I even put flyers out to find her. I was so worried!

• My cat will chase you and bite you if you are wearing shorts, so yeah summer is a tough month in my house

• One of my cats likes to climb into my elderly neighbours bathroom to scare the life out of her

A thortful spokesperson said: "Cats have proven once and again they believe themselves to be the most superior creatures on earth. Where dogs believe us to be their masters, cats look at us and think of themselves as our masters. We feed them, water them, even groom and love them, but by no means does it result in our feline friends being grateful. So these are some of the top stories that will make you laugh, cry or at least relate.

"Regardless of their behaviour, cats remain in our houses and our hearts as our furry-friends. We just cannot seem to live without them and their cruel humour. So, to celebrate this unusual relationship, here are the cat cards that a human bullied by their cats would most certainly appreciate it: https://www.thortful.com/cards/cat. Happy International Cat Day!"