Animal Facts
Discover interesting and fun facts about cats, dogs, and other animals. Learn fascinating information about our furry friends.
Cat Facts
Get Random FactA cat uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through.
A cat's jaw cannot move sideways.
The life expectancy of cats has nearly doubled over the last fifty years.
Jaguars are the only big cats that don't roar.
Cats have 30 teeth (12 incisors, 10 premolars, 4 canines, and 4 molars), while dogs have 42. Kittens have baby teeth, which are replaced by permanent teeth around the age of 7 months.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about ten.
Cats must have fat in their diet because they can't produce it on their own.
Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the deaths of their cats.
When a cat drinks, its tongue - which has tiny barbs on it - scoops the liquid up backwards.
Neutering a male cat will, in almost all cases, stop him from spraying (territorial marking), fighting with other males (at least over females), as well as lengthen his life and improve its quality.
All cats need taurine in their diet to avoid blindness. Cats must also have fat in their diet as they are unable to produce it on their own.
"Evaluation and Parameterization of Stability and Safety Performance Characteristics of Two and Three Wheeled Vehicular Toys for Riding." Title of a $230,000 research project proposed by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, to study the various ways children fall off bicycles.
Cats prefer to remain non-confrontational. They will not fight to show dominance, but rather to stake their territory. Cats will actually go to extremes to avoid one another in order to prevent a possible confrontation.
Dogs and cats consume over $11 billion worth of pet food a year
When a domestic cat goes after mice, about 1 pounce in 3 results in a catch.
Dog Facts
Get Random FactDogs have three eyelids to protect their eyes from debris.
After the fall of Rome, human survival often became more important than breeding and training dogs. Legends of werewolves emerged during this time as abandoned dogs traveling in packs commonly roamed streets and terrified villagers.
France has the 2nd highest dog population.
A person standing still 300 yards away is almost invisible to a dog. But a dog can easily identify its owner standing a mile away if the owner is waving his arms.
Express yourself. Dogs’ ears are extremely expressive. It’s no wonder! There are more than a dozen separate muscles that control a dog’s ear movements.
The average dog's mouth can produce about 100-200 pounds of pressure per square inch.
Dog’s don’t see in black-and-white, they have 2 color receptors, and can see yellow and blue.
The best dog to reportedly attract a date is the Golden Retriever. The worst is the Pit Bull.
A dog’s heart beats up to 120 times per minute, or 50% faster than the average human heartbeat of 80 times per minute
There are almost 5 million dog bites per year; children are the main victims. Dog bites cause losses of over $1 billion a year.
Puppies are blind, deaf and toothless when born.
Most experts believe humans domesticated dogs before donkeys, horses, sheep, goats, cattle, cats, or chickens.
An African wolf dog known as the Basenji is the only dog in the world that cannot bark.
A German Shepherd guide dog led her blind companion the entire 2,100 mile Appalachian Trail.
Dalmatian puppies are born completely white.
General Animal Facts
Get Random FactThere are 1 million ants for every human in the world.
The male seahorse carries the eggs until they hatch instead of the female.
The penguin is the only bird that can’t fly but can swim.
Elephants only sleep for two hours each day.
One-fourth of the world`s population lives on less than $200 a year. Ninety million people survive on less than $75 a year.
Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
Ninety percent of all species that have become extinct have been birds.
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
A blue whales heart only beats nine times per minute.
The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.
You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
Over 1000 birds a year die from smashing into windows!
Sailfish can leap out of the water and into the air at a speed of 50 miles (81 km) per hour.
Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.