
Our favourite pet facts
October 09, 2019 | Posted by: Admin
Our favourite pet facts
If you follow us on social media, you'll see we regularly post facts about pets that are either handy to know, or give us a bit of a laugh!
- Cats are proud animals and spend around 30-50% of their whole day grooming themselves.
- The tallest dog EVER was measured 1.118m (which is 44 inches) tall!
- The cute little furry tufts on the inside on your kitty's ears are called 'ear furnishings'.
- You might think it's sweet when your pup curls up in a ball to take a nap, but he has a good reason for this - dogs curl up in a ball when they sleep to keep themselves warm and to protect their vital organs.
- Kitties conserve their energy by sleeping for a whopping 13-14 hours a day.
- Ever wondered why your dog loves the smell and taste of the smelliest foods? They have approximately 1,300 taste buds, which makes their sense of taste only one-sixth as powerful as ours...
- Felines can rotate their ears up to 180 degrees.
- Have you noticed that all dogs have wet noses? Ever wondered why? Having a wet nose aids their sense of smell.
- Pups dream just like us.
- Cats can't see directly under their nose.