Astonishing Facts About Dogs
"You ever notice when you blow in a dog's face he gets mad at you? Is But when you take him in a car, he sticks his head out the window. "- Steve Bluestone. Let's look at this article and for our next article we can see Information About Dogs For Kids continue to follow updates from this blog article.
This is one of the strange facts about dogs between various amazing facts about dogs. There are many facts about dogs truly mind boggling and fascinating.
Dog, whose scientific name Canis lupus familiaris, including the Canidae family and is a domesticated form of the gray wolf. There are more than 700 types of purebred dogs in the world. Dogs are very flexible and a great help to perform a variety of roles for humans such as protection, herding, helping the military and police to track down criminals, as sniffer dogs to detect bombs and other weapons, hunting and very recently to help the disabled, especially the blind . Dog behavior primarily associated with loyalty to its owner. Let's look at some of the amazing facts about dogs.
Interesting Facts about Dogs
Dogs are one of the most intelligent animals and can be trained to perform any task. Given below are some amazing facts about the dog:
There are approximately 450 million dogs are found throughout the world. These statistics include both wild and pet dogs.
Dogs were first domesticated by cavemen who lived in the Paleolithic Age.
Dogs have a very keen ear and can hear sounds up to 35,000 vibrations per second.
The first dog fossils were discovered in 10,000 BC
Puppies usually deaf, blind and toothless when they were born. When the puppy is two to three weeks, he began to see. The first milk teeth appear when they are 3-7 weeks.
Dogs sweat from their footpads. They also breathe through their tongues.
All dogs have the same anatomy - 321 bones and 42 permanent teeth.
Average heart rate of healthy dogs was 120 heartbeats per minute, which is 50% faster than the average heart rate is 72 beats man per minute.
When a dog wags its tail, it is an indication that he was excited. However, it may not mean that the dog is trying to be friendly.
Dogs are not color blind. They can see color but it is not clear as humans. Still we continue article About Dogs continue to follow this article.
Basenji dog, which is an African wolf dog, is the only breed of dog in the world that can not bark.
Laika, a stray dog, the dog who had become the first astronaut to enter space in a space shuttle, the Russian Sputnik II in 1967.
There are two dogs in between some of the victims aboard the RMS Titanic, which sank on April 14 in 1912.
Greyhounds are the fastest dogs on earth, which can run at a speed of 45 kilometers per hour.
Great Dane is the type that has its origins in Germany and should tallest dog.
One of the fun facts about dogs is that the English Mastiff, named Zorba considered the world's longest and toughest dog. This dog breed weighs around 1,552 kilograms (3423 pounds) and eight feet three inches long when measured from nose to tail.
The world's oldest dog was Bluey, Australian cattle dog who lived until the age of 29 years and 6 months.
The dogs chihuahua is the smallest dog. Another small dog breeds toy poodles and Yorkshire terriers.
The St Bernard dog should toughest among other breeds of dogs.
Contrary to popular belief, a prairie dog is a dog at all, but kind of rodent.
Dalmatian puppies pure white at birth and develop black spots on their bodies as they grow older.
One of William Shakespeare's famous play, "The Two Gentlemen of Verona has been mention of a dog (which is the only dog that ever appeared in Shakespeare) named Crab.
There is a place called Barking Sands Beach, which is located in Kanai, an island in Hawaii. This place is quite popular for dry sand that makes strange sounds squeaking woofing and barking like a dog.
Theobromine, a substance similar to caffeine, found in chocolate can make dogs very sick and can even harm them fatal.
These are some amazing facts about dogs. Use facts about dogs for the kids to teach them various types and behaviors 'man's best friend'.
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