Just Fur Fun: Fun Facts

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs

have only about ten.

 

A shark can detect one part of blood in 100 million parts of water.

 

A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

 

A male emperor moth can smell a female emperor moth up to 7 miles away.

 

Some insects can live up to a year without their heads.

 

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!

 

Every night, wasps bite into the stem of a plant, lock their mandibles (jaws) into position, stretch out at right angles to the stem, and, with legs dangling, fall asleep.

 

Chocolate can kill dogs and cats.  Chocolate contains theobromine, which affects the heart , liver and nervous system.  A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog or an average cat.

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Most lipstick contains fish scales.

 

Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

 

Cat and dog urine glows under a black light.

 

An elephant can smell water three miles away.

 

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!

 

Cats purr at 26 cycles per second, the same as an idling

diesel engine, but their miles per hours is much less.

Obviously whoever wrote this hasn't been at my house during those late night NASCAT races!