Animal Facts
Discover interesting and fun facts about cats, dogs, and other animals. Learn fascinating information about our furry friends.
Cat Facts
Get Random FactMountain lions are strong jumpers, thanks to muscular hind legs that are longer than their front legs.
The oldest cat to give birth was Kitty who, at the age of 30, gave birth to two kittens. During her life, she gave birth to 218 kittens.
Cat paws act as tempetature regulators, shock absorbers, hunting and grooming tools, sensors, and more
The term “puss” is the root of the principal word for “cat” in the Romanian term pisica and the root of secondary words in Lithuanian (puz) and Low German puus. Some scholars suggest that “puss” could be imitative of the hissing sound used to get a cat’s attention. As a slang word for the female pudenda, it could be associated with the connotation of a cat being soft, warm, and fuzzy.
All cats have claws, and all except the cheetah sheath them when at rest.
If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there`s no air pressure.
A cat's nose is as unique as a human's fingerprint.
A cat has more bones than a human; humans have 206, and the cat - 230.
The cat has 500 skeletal muscles (humans have 650).
The cheetah is the world's fastest land mammal. It can run at speeds of up to 70 miles an hour (113 kilometers an hour).
Tests done by the Behavioral Department of the Musuem of Natural History conclude that while a dog's memory lasts about 5 minutes, a cat's recall can last as long as 16 hours.
The Maine Coon is 4 to 5 times larger than the Singapura, the smallest breed of cat.
Sir Isaac Newton is credited with creating the concept for the pet door that many cats use today to travel outdoors.
Statistics indicate that animal lovers in recent years have shown a preference for cats over dogs!
Abraham Lincoln loved cats. He had four of them while he lived in the White House.
Dog Facts
Get Random FactDogs cannot distinguish between red and green as these colors would appear as shades of grey to a dog.
A dog can locate the source of a sound in 1/600 of a second and can hear sounds four times farther away than a human can.
A dog’s mouth exerts 150–200 pounds of pressure per square inch with some dogs exerting up to 450 pounds per square inch.
The earliest dog fossil dates back to nearly 10,000 B.C.
Is something wet? Unlike humans who sweat everywhere, dogs only sweat through the pads of their feet.
Dogs have sweat glands on their paws to help regulate their body temperature.
Dogs judge objects first by their movement, then by their brightness, and lastly by their shape.
It pays to be a lap dog. Three dogs (from First Class cabins!) survived the sinking of the Titanic – two Pomeranians and one Pekingese.
In 1860's San Francisco, two stray dogs who were best friends became local celebrities. Their exploits were celebrated in local papers and they were granted immunity from the city's dog catchers.
Bingo is the name of the dog on the side of the Cracker Jack box.
Chinese Crested dogs can get acne.
A dog's nose is so sensitive that they can detect changes in a person's emotional state.
The most popular dog breed in the UK is the Labrador Retriever.
The St. Bernard is the heaviest dog breed.
Dogs do dream! Dogs and humans have the same type of slow wave sleep (SWS) and rapid eye movement (REM) and during this REM stage dogs can dream. The twitching and paw movements that occur during their sleep are signs that your pet is dreaming
General Animal Facts
Get Random FactLightning strikes the earth about 8 million times a day.
Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump.
All polar bears are left-handed.
A shark can detect one part of blood in 100 million parts of water.
Clownfish, wrasses, moray eels, gobies and other fish species are known to change sex, including reproductive functions. A school of clownfish is always built into a hierarchy with a female fish at the top. When she dies, the most dominant male changes sex and takes her place.
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II Killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)
If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
70% of all boats sold are used for fishing.
In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
Giraffes have no vocal cords.
Nearly 80% of all animals on earth have six legs.
A horse can look forward with one eye and back with the other.
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.