A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length.
Woodpeckers can peck twenty times a second.
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
Beaver teeth are so sharp that Native Americans once used them as knife blades.
A cat has 230 bones in its body. A human only has 206 bones.
A cat has four rows of whiskers.
A cat in a hurry can sprint at about thirty-one miles per hour.
A cat will spend nearly 30% of its life grooming itself.
Every year, $1.5 billion is spent on pet food. This is four times the amount spent on baby food.
Contrary to popular belief, dogs do not sweat by salivating. They sweat through the pads of their feet.
There are 701 types of pure breed dogs.
There are more than 100 million dogs and cats in the United States. Americans spend more than 5.4 billion dollars on their pets each year.
Walt Disney’s family dog was named Lady. She was a poodle.
Most domestic dogs are capable of reaching speeds of 32 kms per hour when running flat out but the members of the greyhound family may reach speeds up to 70 kms per hour.
It is a common belief that cats are color blind. However, recent research has shown that cats can see blue and green, and possibly red.
The canine nose works one million times more efficiently than the human.
Cats spend 18 hours out of every 24 sleeping.
The average dog has 42 permanent teeth.
A nursery school teacher was delivering a station wagon full of kids home one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmation dog.
The children started discussing what the dog’s duties might be.
“They use him to keep crowds back,” said one youngster.
“No,” said another, “he’s just for good luck.”
A third child concluded. “No silly, they use the dogs to find the fire hydrant!”
A timid little man, walked into a biker bar in the Bronx and clearing his throat asked, “Um, err, which of you gentlemen owns the Doberman tied outside to the parking meter?”
A giant of a man, wearing biker leathers, his body hair growing out through the seams, turned slowly on his stool, looked down at the quivering little man and said, “It’s my dog. Why?”
“Well,” squeaked the little man, obviously very nervous, “I believe my dog just killed it, sir.”
“What?” roared the big man in disbelief. “What in the hell kind of dog do you have?”
“Sir,” answered the little man, “it’s a little four week old female puppy.”
“Bull!” roared the biker, “how could your puppy kill my Doberman?”
“It appears that your dog choked on her, sir.”
