Fun Canine Facts

• Dogs only sweat from the bottoms of their feet, the only way they can discharge heat is by panting
• Dogs have about 100 different facial expressions, most of them made with the ears
• Dogs have about 10 vocal sounds
• There are more than 200 different breeds of dogs
• Contrary to popular belief, dogs aren’t colour blind; they can see shades of blue, yellow, green and grey, however they are red-green colour blind (reds are "perceived" as beige and greens tend to "look"  beige like reds)
• Dogs have an exceptional sense of smell, being 100 million times that of humans
• Domesticated for more than 10,000 years, the dog was one of the first animals domesticated by humans

 Fun Feline Facts

• Cats do not have sweat glands
• A cat can jump as much as seven times its height
• Cats have five toes on each front paw, but only four toes on each back paw
• Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten
• Cats' bodies are extremely flexible; the cat skeleton contains more than 230 bones (a human has about 206) and the pelvis and shoulders loosely attach to the spine. This adds to their flexibility and allows them to fit through very small spaces
• Cats have better memories than dogs. Tests conducted by the University of Michigan concluded that while a dog's memory lasts no more than 5 minutes, a cat's can last as long as 16 hours—exceeding even that of monkeys and orangutans