Animal Facts
Discover interesting and fun facts about cats, dogs, and other animals. Learn fascinating information about our furry friends.
Cat Facts
Get Random FactDogs 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.
Smuggling a cat out of ancient Egypt was punishable by death. Phoenician traders eventually succeeded in smuggling felines, which they sold to rich people in Athens and other important cities.
Cats have been domesticated for half as long as dogs have been.
A cat has the ability to rotate their ears 180 degrees,with the help of 32 muscles that they use to control them.
Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.
While in Alcatraz, Al Capone was inmate #85.
A cat can travel at a top speed of approximately 31 mph (49 km) over a short distance.
When a cat chases its prey, it keeps its head level. Dogs and humans bob their heads up and down.
The ability of a cat to find its way home is called “psi-traveling.” Experts think cats either use the angle of the sunlight to find their way or that cats have magnetized cells in their brains that act as compasses.
A cat's cerebral cortex contains about twice as many neurons as that of dogs. Cats have 300 million neurons, whereas dogs have about 160 million. See, cats rule, dogs drool!
Proportional to their size, cats have the largest eyes of all mammals.
Cats can be taught to walk on a leash, but a lot of time and patience is required to teach them. The younger the cat is, the easier it will be for them to learn.
Not every cat gets \high\" from catnip. Whether or not a cat responds to it depends upon a recessive gene: no gene"
The cat's front paw has 5 toes, but the back paws have 4. Some cats are born with as many as 7 front toes and extra back toes (polydactl).
Dog Facts
Get Random FactA 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
The oldest dog on record – a Queensland Heeler named Bluey – was 29 years, 5 months old.
Dogs can understand up to 250 words and gestures.
General Animal Facts
Get Random FactThe only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
THE MOST UNUSUAL CANNONBALL: On two occasions, Miss `Rita Thunderbird` remained inside the cannon despite a lot of gunpowder encouragement to do otherwise. She performed in a gold lamé bikini and on one of the two occasions (1977) Miss Thunderbird remained lodged in the cannon, while her bra was shot across the Thames River.
A jellyfish is 95 percent water!
There are a million ants for every person on Earth.
A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white.
In the last 4000 years no new animals have been domesticated.
15 million blood cells are destroyed in the human body every second.
The sperm of a mouse is actually longer than the sperm of an elephant.
More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
Tigers not only have striped fur, they have striped skin!
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.