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Animal & Insect Facts 4
Cats cannot see in complete darkness but they can navigate by sound, smell, and the sensitivity of their whiskers.
Chickens make sounds with actual meaning. They give different alarm calls when threatened by different predators.
A 4-inch-long abalone can grip a rock with a force of
400 pounds. Two grown men are incapable of prying
it up.
All dogs are probably descended from an animal called Tomarctus. This animal lived approximately 15 million years ago.
The main threat to wolf populations is loss of habitat
There seven distinctive types of combs on chickens:
rose, strawberry, single, cushion, buttercup, pea, and V-shaped.
The waste produced by one chicken in its lifetime can supply enough electricity to run a 100 watt bulb for five hours.
A dog's heart beats between 70 and 120 times a minute, compared with a human heart which beats 70 to 80 times a minute.
The fastest human swimmer can swim at 6 miles per hour. The fastest mammal - the dolphin - can swim up to 35 miles per hour.
Where waterways are plentiful, wolves often travel on the windswept and hardpacked ice in winter
In 1994, 73,866 million eggs were produced in the U.S.
proving once again the U.S. has the best darn chickens in the world.
The largest litter was produced by a Burmese\Siamese mother. There were 19 kittens. However, 4 of the kittens were stillborn.
The wolf is generally a docile animal with a strong aversion to fighting
In Gainesville, Georgia - the chicken capital of the world - it is illegal to eat chicken with a fork!
Wolves bear an average of six young per litter(82) Wolves become sexually mature at approximately twenty-two months
Dingoes are not wild dogs. They are actually feral dogs, dogs who were once domesticated, but have reverted to living in the wild.
The worlds smallest cat is a male blue point Himalayan-Persian named "Tinker Toy." He is just 2.75 inches tall and 7.5 inches long!
A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting in such a way as to make them think a day is 28 hours long!
When cats are asleep, they are still alert to incoming stimuli. If you poke the tail of a sleeping cat, it will respond accordingly.
A wolf's front feet are larger than their back feet
Pekingese dogs were sacred to the emperors of China for more than 2,000 years. They are one of the oldest breeds of dogs in the world.
In 1925, hens laid an average of 100 eggs a year. In 1979, the World Record was set by a White Leghorn who laid 371 eggs in 364 days!!!
The ears of some bugs are located in unusual places. Crickets listen to sounds with their knees while cicadas hear with their stomachs.
Using their swiveling ears like radar dishes, experiments have shown that dogs can locate the source of a sound in 6/100ths of a second.
The wolf has 2 types of hair, "Guards and "Undercoat"
For Stephen King's "Cujo" (1983), five St. Bernards were used, one mechanical head, and an actor in a dog costume to play the title character.
The first Poultry Exhibition was held in the United States on November 14, 1849. There were 219 exhibitors, 1023 birds, and over 10,000 visitors.
In ancient Egypt, mummies were made of cats, and embalmed mice were placed with them in their tombs. In one ancient city, over 300,000 cat mummies were found.
Argos or Argus, Ulysses' hunting dog, was the only creature to recognize the Greek hero when he returned home disguised as a beggar after 20 years of adventure.
The wolf's sense of smell is more than 100 times greater than a human
Barbara Bush's book about her English Springer Spaniel, Millie's book, was on the bestseller list for 29 weeks. Millie was the most popular "First Dog" in history.
The Largest dinosaur, Brachiosaurus weighed as much as a town of 800 people, was taller than a four story hotel, and was as long as two of the longest school buses.
There are two species of the wolf in North America, the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus ) and the Red Wolf (Canis rufus )
In North America there are 10 recognized sub-species of the wolf.
The largest and the smallest dogs to live in the White House where both there during the tenure of president James Buchanan. The president had a Newfoundland named Lara. And his niece, Harriet Lane (who served as White House hostess because the president was unmarried), had a tiny toy terrier named Punch.
"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves."
--August Strindberg
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