| Did You Know? |
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Most Americans are more likely
to kiss their pet than their own mother when walking in the
door. |
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A dog's eye has three eyelids. An upper
lid, a lower lid and a hidden third lid, located in the inner
corner of the eye. The third eyelid can sweep across the cornea
and clean it like a windshield wiper. |
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Turtles can recognize faces. They are
one of the few reptiles that can be trained to do "tricks". |
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Twenty-five percent of pet owners blow-dry
their pet's hair after a bath. |
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Goldfish lose their color if they are
kept in dim light or are placed in a body of running water,
such as a stream. |
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Cave Canem. The ancient Romans relied
on watchdogs, like many people do today. So many dogs were
kept in the larger Roman cities that any house with a watchdog
was required to have a sign warning "Cave Canem"
(Beware the Dog). |
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Kitty heirs. Hellcat and Brownie, two
15-year-old cats, became two of the richest cats in the world
in the early 1960s, when their owner, Dr. William Grier, left
them nearly $415,000. |
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Laika the astronaut. The first living
creature to orbit the earth was a dog. Named Laika ("Barker"
in Russian), she blasted off aboard the Soviet Union's Sputnik
2 on November 3, 1957. |
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In the U.S., Max wins as the most popular
name for pooches. Other popular dog names in the U.S. are
Jake, Buddy, Maggie, Molly, and Bear. |
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A cat will almost never meow at another
cat…that’s because cats only meow to get our attention. |
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The Pug dog is thought to have gotten
it's name from looking like the pug monkey. |
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Nearly 60% of owners bury their pets on
family property when they die; 25 percent have them cremated |
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Smartest dogs: 1) border collie; 2) poodle;
3) golden retriever |
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The average person swallows three spiders
annually. |
