Did you know?...

• The nose print of a cat and dog are like a fingerprint, there are no two alike.
• No two cows have the same pattern of spots.
• Cats only need 1/6 of the light that a human needs to see.
• Normal temperature for a cat and dog is 100.0 - 102.5 °F.
• Not only do your fingers have unique prints, but your tongue does as well.
• How to video: Brushing your pet's teeth.
• A canine cannot go more than 5 days without food and/or water.
• A feline cannot go more than 3 days without food and/or water.
• A hippo’s DNA suggests they are more closely related to whales and dolphins than to other hoofed animals like cattle, pigs, etc.
• Some snakes can survive without food for two years at a time by digesting their own hearts. Immediately following a nutritious meal, snake hearts can quickly rebuild themselves. Other snakes survive by growing bigger heads to broaden prey options during periods of famine.
• Most snakes usually reproduce once a year, however sea snakes can mate only once every ten years.
• The Black Mamba is the fastest snake in the world, it is capable of moving at the speed of 20 km per hour; 12.43 miles per hour.
• A cat's brain is millions of times faster than an iPad, and it is able to store 1,000 times more data.
• Dogs have about 100 different facial expressions, most of them made with the ears.
• Giraffes have no vocal cords, they communicate with their tails.
• Pigeons can actually remember humans by face. If you chase one away, it will avoid you during later encounters.
• When male and female wolves mate they usually stay together for life. They are devoted parents and maintain sophisticated family ties.
• All polar bears alive today can trace their ancestry back to one female brown bear who lived in Ireland.
• Cats cannot taste sweet things.
• Lobsters have an enzyme that naturally repairs DNA, if it weren't for disease, capture, or injury they could live indefinitely.
• The basenji dog is the only dog that is unable to bark, they yodel.
• Raccoons are the only other animals that wash their hands before they eat!
• Human yawns are contagious to dogs.
• A Blue Whale's heart is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle!
• The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans.
• Elephants can also purr, just like cats!