Fun Cat & Dog Trivia
Cats

  • The nose pad of a cat is ridged in a pattern that is unqiue as a fingerprint of a human.
  • A cat's heart beats twice as fast as a human heart and 110-140 beats per minute.
  • The largest cat breed is the Ragdoll. Males weigh 12-20 pounds, with females weighing 10-15 pounds.
  • The smallest cat breed is the Singapura. Males weigh six pounds while females weigh only four pounds.
  • Calico (Tortoiseshell) cats are almost always female.
  • The domestic cat is the only cat species able to hold its tail vertically while walking. All wild cats hold their tails horizontally or
    tucked between their legs while walking.
  • During her reproductive life, a single cat can deliver over 100 kittens.
  • A single pair of cats and their offspring can produce as many as 420,000 kittens in just seven years.
  • A cat will almost never meow at another cat. This sound is reserved for humans.
  • The oldest cat on records was Puss, from England who died in 1939, just one day after her 36th birthday.
  • It is believed that a white cat sitting on your doorstep just before your wedding is a sign of lasting happiness.
  • Cats can see up to 120 feet away. Their peripheral vision is about 285 degrees.
  • The colour of a cat's eyes will change as it grows older.
  • Kittens begin dreaming at just over one week old.
  • Cats need 1/6th the amount of light that humans do to see. Their night vision is amazing!
  • Each year Americans spend $4 billion on cat food. That's $1 billion dollars more than they spend on baby food.
  • Egyptians shaved their eyebrows as a sign of mourning when they lost a beloved cat.
  • Never feed your cat dog food. Cats need five times more protein than dogs do.


Dogs
  • Scientists now believe that dogs have been living with people for 100,000 years.
  • It is a myth that dogs see a black and white world. Dogs see in colour, but just not in the same way that we do.
  • The ancient Chinese royalty loved the Pekingese, and carried them tucked in the sleeves of their royal robes.
  • Dachshunds were bred to fight badgers in their dens.
  • The Poodle haircut was originally meant to improve the dogs' swimming abilities as a retriever, with the pom-poms left in
    place to warm their joints.
  • Greyhounds are so fast they can reach speeds up to 45 mph for short amounts of time.
  • If you see a dog curled up with his tail covering his nose, its to keep its noses warm in cold weather.
  • A dog's brain is so good at detecting smell and movement, they even know what part of the house you're in, what you ate
    for breakfast, and whether you have a cut on your hand.
  • Approximately 230 dogs have lived in the White House, more than all the presidents, first ladies and presidential children
    combined.
  • Dogs’ noses have about four times as many scent cells as cats and 14 times more than humans’
  • A dog was “King” of Norway for three years during the 11th century AD. The Norwegian king, angry that his subjects once
    deplored him, put the dog on the throne and demanded that it be treated like royalty.
  • Laika was the world's first ever canine astronaut. She was sent into space in an artificial earth satellite, Sputnik 2, by the
    Russian government in 1957.
  • Scientists discovered that dogs could detect a series of test tubes with cancerous cells in it.