Animal Facts
Discover interesting and fun facts about cats, dogs, and other animals. Learn fascinating information about our furry friends.
Cat Facts
Get Random FactThe 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.
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.
Dog Facts
Get Random FactHumans can detect sounds at 20,000 times per second, while dogs can sense frequencies of 30,000 times per second.
Dogs can be trained to sniff out bed bugs and other pests.
In Croatia, scientists discovered that lampposts were falling down because a chemical in the urine of male dogs was rotting the metal.
Dogs have a special gland on their feet that releases a scent when they mark their territory.
Dogs with little human contact in the first three months typically don’t make good pets.
A Great Dane named "Just Nuisance" is the only dog to have officially enlisted in the Royal Navy.
The tallest living dog is a Great Dane named Zeus, who measured 44 inches at the shoulder.
Puppies then take a year or more to gain the other half of their body weight.
A dog's nose is wet because it helps to cool their body.
Dogs have been bred for a variety of purposes, including hunting, guarding, and companionship.
Puppies’ eyes do not fully open until they’re about 12 days old.
The largest breed of dog is the Irish Wolfhound.
Dogs have a wet nose to collect more of the tiny droplets of smelling chemicals in the air.
Endal was the first dog to ride on the London Eye (the characteristic ferris wheel in London, England), and was also the first known dog to successfully use a ATM machine.
A dog’s sense of smell is more than 100,000 times stronger than that of a human.
General Animal Facts
Get Random FactSome 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.
In the 17th century, the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places. Today, to 1.2411 trillion.
Lightning 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.