Fun Facts about Cats and Dogs
Impress your friends with these facts about Cats and Dogs.
- Puppies have 28 teeth and normal adult dogs have 42
- Dalmatian puppies are pure white when they are born and develop their spots as they grow older
- Unlike humans who sweat everywhere, dogs only sweat through the pads of their feet.
- Dogs have about 1,700 taste buds. Humans have approximately 9,000 and cats have around 473.
- Greyhounds can reach a speed of up to 72 miles per hour.
- A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.
- The Basenji is the world’s only barkless dog.
- A group of cats is called a “clowder.”
- A domestic cat can travel at a top speed of approximately 49 km over a short distance.
- Most cats give birth to a litter of between one and nine kittens. The largest known litter ever produced was 19 kittens.
- A cat can jump up to five times its own height in a single bound.
- On average, cats spend 2/3 of every day sleeping. That means a nine-year-old cat has been awake for only three years of its life.
- A cat’s back is extremely flexible because it has up to 53 loosely fitting vertebrae. Humans only have 34
- Adult cats have 30 teeth. Kittens have about 26 temporary teeth.
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