Dogs:
- There is more than 132 diffrent type of dog breeds known.
- Dogs noses are wet to help absorb scent chemicals.
- Three dogs survived the Titanic sinking.
- The tallest dog in the world is 44 inches tall.
- A Greyhound could beat a Cheetah in a long distance race.
Facts found at, https://www.purina.co.uk/dogs/behaviour-and-training/understanding-dog-behaviours/amazing-dog-facts
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Birds:
- There are around 10000 different species of birds worldwide.
- Scientists believe that birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs.
- The Ostrich is the largest bird in the world. It also lays the largest eggs and has the fastest maximum running speed (97 kph).
- Homing pigeons are bred to find their way home from long distances away and have been used for thousands of years to carry messages.
- Kiwis are endangered, flightless birds that live in New Zealand. They lay the largest eggs relative to their body size of any bird in the world.
Facts found at, http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/bird.html
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Cats:
- Cats can rotate their ears 180 degrees.
- In the largest cat breed, the average male weighs approximately 20 pounds.
- Cats have five toes on each front paw, but only four on the back ones. It’s not uncommon, though, for cats to have extra toes. The cat with the most toes known had 32—eight on each paw.
- Some believe that if you dream about a white cat, good luck will follow.
- Meows are not innate cat language—they developed them to communicate with humans!
Facts found at,http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/cat.html
"kittens 014" by bytehead is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
- There are around 10000 different species of birds worldwide.
- Scientists believe that birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs.
- The Ostrich is the largest bird in the world. It also lays the largest eggs and has the fastest maximum running speed (97 kph).
- Homing pigeons are bred to find their way home from long distances away and have been used for thousands of years to carry messages.
- Kiwis are endangered, flightless birds that live in New Zealand. They lay the largest eggs relative to their body size of any bird in the world.
- Cats can rotate their ears 180 degrees.
- In the largest cat breed, the average male weighs approximately 20 pounds.
- Cats have five toes on each front paw, but only four on the back ones. It’s not uncommon, though, for cats to have extra toes. The cat with the most toes known had 32—eight on each paw.
- Some believe that if you dream about a white cat, good luck will follow.
- Meows are not innate cat language—they developed them to communicate with humans!
Facts found at, https://www.purina.co.uk/dogs/behaviour-and-training/understanding-dog-behaviours/amazing-dog-facts
"A cute Dog 2" by Chen Vision is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
Birds:
Facts found at, http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/bird.html
"Blue jay bird" by watts_photos is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Cats:
Facts found at,http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/cat.html
"kittens 014" by bytehead is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.