Did You Know?
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
The common goldfish is the only animal that can see both infra-red and ultra-violet light.
The term dog days of summer was coined because the hottest days of the summer in Rome coincided with the night sky when the Dog Star (Sirius) could be seen. The Romans believed the brightness of the star added to the heat of the sun.
Goat’s eyes have rectangular pupils.
The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.
Mice, whales, elephants, giraffes and man all have seven neck vertebra.
Giraffes have no vocal cords.
Cats have 290 bones in their bodies, and 517 muscles.
All porcupines float in water.
A cat has four rows of whiskers.
Cat’s urine glows under a black light.
Duddley DoRight’s Horses name was “Horse.”
Calico cats are almost always female and orange cats are almost always male.
The Pronghorn (American Antelope) can maintain a speed of 35 mph for 4 hours or 55 mph at 1/2 hour.
Montana mountain goats can butt heads so hard their hooves fall off.
A frightened dog puts its tail between it’s legs because it covers the scent glands in the anal area. Since the anal glands carry personal scents that identify individual dogs, the tail-between the-legs behavior is the canine equivalent of insecure humans hiding their faces.
The membranes in a dog’s nose, if unfolded and laid out, would be larger than the dog itself.
Sir Isaac Newton invented the cat door.
The Galapagos Tortoise has a potential life span of 200 years.
The praying mantis only has one ear.
In Ancient Rome, mastiffs donned armor and were sent into battle alongside mounted knights.
A purring cat doesn’t always mean a contented cat. Cats will also purr if they are in pain.
Dachshunds were bred to fight badgers in their dens.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.
Many foot disorders in dogs are simply an issue of long toenails.
You are more likely to be killed by a Champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
A rhinoceros’s horn is made of hair.
The last member of the famous Bonaparte family, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, died in 1945 of injuries sustained from tripping over his dog’s leash.
The placement of a donkey’s eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times.
Ticks are second only to the mosquito as the most dangerous parasites to humans.
In French Lick Springs, Indiana there was once a law passed requiring that all black cats wear bells on Friday the 13th.
A cat sees about six times better than a human at night because of the tapetum lucidum, a layer of extra reflecting cells which absorb light.
A group of jelly fish is called a smack.
Both humans and cats have identical regions in the brain responsible for emotion.
Police dogs are trained to react to commands in a foreign language; commonly German but more recently Hungarian or some other Slavic tongue.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
A cat’s jaws cannot move sideways.
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
When a female horse and male donkey mate, the offspring is called a mule, but when a male horse and female donkey mate, the offspring is called a hinny.
Polar bears’ fur is not white, it’s clear. Polar bear skin is actually black. Their hair is hollow and acts like fiber optics, directing sunlight to warm their skin.
Twelve or more cows are known as a “flink.”
A group of rhinos is called a crash.
Dogs can bite as hard as 240 lbs of pressure per square inch of mouth area. That is why we must teach our dogs that even play biting is forbidden!
You can tell the sex of a horse by its teeth. Most males have 40, females have 36.