Animal Facts
Discover interesting and fun facts about cats, dogs, and other animals. Learn fascinating information about our furry friends.
Cat Facts
Get Random FactIn an average year, cat owners in the United States spend over $2 billion on cat food.
Cats have the largest eyes of any mammal.
It may take as long as 2 weeks for a kitten to be able to hear well. Their eyes usually open between 7 and 10 days, but sometimes it happens in as little as 2 days.
Tylenol and chocolate are both poisionous to cats.
Cats urine glows under a black light.
Cats have supersonic hearing
Kittens who are taken along on short, trouble-free car trips to town tend to make good passengers when they get older. They get used to the sounds and motions of traveling and make less connection between the car and the visits to the vet.
Cats, just like people, are subject to asthma. Dust, smoke, and other forms of air pullution in your cat's environment can be troublesome sources of irritation.
A sexually-active feral tom-cat \owns\" an area of about three square miles and \""sprays\"" to mark his territory with strong smelling urine."""
The cat's footpads absorb the shocks of the landing when the cat jumps.
The heaviest cat on record is Himmy, a Tabby from Queensland, Australia. He weighed nearly 47 pounds (21 kg). He died at the age of 10.
A cat has approximately 60 to 80 million olfactory cells (a human has between 5 and 20 million).
Cats have 32 muscles that control the outer ear (humans have only 6). A cat can independently rotate its ears 180 degrees.
The first true cats came into existence about 12 million years ago and were the Proailurus.
Cats can predict earthquakes. We humans are not 100% sure how they do it. There are several different theories.
Dog Facts
Get Random FactDogs can make over 100 different sounds.
A dog's nose is wet to help them pick up scents better.
A dog's sense of smell is so powerful that they can detect changes in a person's emotional state.
Dogs do not have an appendix. Why haven’t humans gotten rid of theirs yet?
The average city dog lives 3 years longer than a country dog.
Female wolves have been known to travel great distances to regurgitate full meals for their hungry pups.
Eighteen muscles or more can move a dog’s ear.
It is a myth that dogs are color blind. They can actually see in color, just not as vividly as humans. It is akin to our vision at dusk.
Dogs don’t go into menopause and will continue to go on heat indefinitely unless they are spayed.
Dogs have a very good sense of smell. The part of a dog’s brain that analyses smell is 40 times larger than a human’s and they can smell 1,000 to 10,000 times better than us.
Franklin Roosevelt spent $15,000 for a destroyer to pick up his Scottie in the Aleutian Islands.
Dogs can suffer from separation anxiety if they are left alone for long periods of time.
A one year old dog is as physically mature as a 15 year old human.
The are 4 constellations named after dogs.
In early Christian tradition, Saint Christopher, the patron saint of travelers, is sometimes depicted with a dog’s head.
General Animal Facts
Get Random FactA 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.