Cats and dogs are the leading pets. The first option is suitable for lazy and busy people who do not have time to walk. Dogs, on the other hand, are chosen by active people who like to run in the morning and spend a lot of time in the fresh air. Both cats and dogs help relieve stress and nervous tension, relax and unwind at the end of the day. They give positive energy to their owner. Read on for more interesting facts about pets.
1. Dogs and cats can carry a toxocariasis infection that can blind people.
2. It has recently become fashionable to have hummingbirds as a pet.
3. Goldfish can live in water at room temperature.
4. The canaries belong to the finch family.
5. Shells are great for growing at home.
6. House ferrets are considered fierce predators.
7. 95% of all owners talk to their pets.
8. Dogs have about a hundred different facial expressions.
9. Mice can make sounds similar to human laughter.
10. The African dog breed does not know how to bark.
11. About a hundred different intonations can be given to the voice of cats.
12. Rabbits love to play catch-up and hide-and-seek.
13. More than 517 muscles and 290 bones in cats.
14. Ferrets sleep more than 20 hours a day.
15. The cat’s jaws cannot move sideways.
16. Domestic cats do not meow when communicating with each other.
17. Under the tail of dogs is a special gland that is responsible for odors.
18. More often female dogs bite.
19. A cat can survive falling from a 12-story building.
20. A sign of a cat’s well-being is when the cat licks its body.
21. Only one cat in ten is not afraid to fight rats.
22. The Yorkshire Terrier has become the smallest dog in the world living in Britain.
23. The smallest dog in the world is over 9 cm long.
24. In 2009, the cat survived by falling from the 26th floor.
25. More than 19 cm is the length of the smallest cat in the world.
26. The United Kingdom criminalizes owners with obese dogs or cats.
27. The oldest goldfish in the world has lived for more than 43 years.
28. The heaviest pigeon in the world weighed about 1.8 kg.
29.36 pups gave birth to a hamster in 1974.
30. Dalmatians are born completely white.
31. The heaviest wild boar in the world weighed over 1157 kg.
32. Dogs can sweat through the pads of their paws.
33. With the help of ears, dogs can make different grimaces.
34. Dogs can produce about 10 voice sounds.
35. Dogs are animals that do not have an appendix.
36. There are over 350 dog breeds in the world.
37. Dogs can distinguish shades of green, yellow and blue.
38. Dogs can reach speeds of up to 30 km per hour.
39. More than 10,000 years ago, dogs were domesticated.
40. Sweat glands are completely absent in cats.
41. A cat has five toes on each front paw.
42. Cats can produce over 100 vocal sounds.
43. The speed of 19 km per hour can be developed by cats.
44. Compared to dogs, memory is better in cats.
45. A bird’s heart beats at a rate of 400 beats per minute.
46. Great parrots live about 75 years.
47. Only one eye at a time blinks hamsters.
48. Iguanas can hold their breath for up to 30 minutes.
49. 85 pups at a time can usually give birth.
50. Goldfish can live 40 years.
51. Ferrets are the third most popular pet.
52. The first domestic cat in the world was an Egyptian.
53. Cats sleep about 18 hours a day.
54. Cats love to breathe fresh air.
55. For many centuries, animals have lived next to humans.
56. The dog became the first pet in the world.
57. For their owners, animals are doctors.
58. Human immune functions improve after contact with pets.
59. The dog’s saliva contributes to the healing of abrasions and wounds.
60. Hunting dogs were the favorite pets of French kings.
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61. Cats break all records in the number of favorite pets.
62. Dogs express their emotions by barking.
63. Parrots are considered to be very modern birds.
64. Fish in danger can hide their babies in their mouths.
65. Rodents are considered the smartest animals.
66. Hamsters like to drink a lot of alcohol.
67. A kitten fell from the 32nd floor in New York and survived.
68. About 94% of cats survive a fall from a height.
69. Rabbits can weigh more than 11 kg.
70. The largest breed St. Bernard dogs can weigh more than 140 kg.
71. The height of the tallest dog in the world was 111 cm.
72. The smallest horse in the world is more than 35 cm tall.
73. The smallest horse in the world has lived for more than 38 years.
74. More than 34 cm is the ear length of the longest dog in the world.
75. The most agile dog in the world is the crossbreed Labrador and car.
76. The Labrador in the United States is recognized as the most popular breed of dog.
77. Split nose in a rare Turkish dog breed.
78. The faithful helpers of the Hungarian shepherds are the dogs with a ball.
79. Turkish cats just love to swim.
80. Multicolored eyes in Thai cats.
81. The friendship and joy of the dog is expressed with the help of a tail.
82. The most famous horse in the world is called Eclipse.
83. Cats live an average of 14 years.
84. The oldest cat in the world has lived over 36 years.
85. The smallest cat in the world weighed one kilogram.
86. The fattest cats in the world weigh over 21 kg.
87. In the middle of the 20th century there was a fashion for domestic mini-penguins.
88. Jaco’s parrots know about 300 words.
89. Only with a thermometer you can determine the true temperature of a cat or dog.
90. The normal operating temperature for a cat is 38 degrees.
91. In complete darkness, the cat can orient itself with the help of its mustache.
92. Female dogs attack humans more often.
93. Snakes can sleep for three years in a row.
94. The number of bee swarms is within 60,000 individuals.
95. A cow chews grass continuously for more than 8 hours a day.
96. A cow can perform more than 90 chewing movements per minute.
97. Of the 2 million flowers, bees must collect pollen to produce 1 kg of honey.
98. A queen lays about 1,500 eggs every day.
99. In 1987, a German shepherd caught a jaguar that had escaped from a zoo.
100. In 2005, scientists succeeded in cloning a dog for the first time.