11,505

Cats step with both left legs, then both right legs when they walk or run. The only other animals to do this are the giraffe and the camel.

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11,506

Cat's urine glows under a black light.

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11,507

Cats, not dogs, are the most common pets in America. There are approximately 66 million cats to 58 million dogs, with Parakeets a distant third at 14 million

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11,508

Certain frogs can be frozen solid then thawed and continue living.

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11,509

Cheetahs make a chirping sound that is much like a bird's chirp or a dog's yelp. The sound is so an intense, it can be heard a mile away.

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11,510

Cojo, the 1st gorilla born in captivity, was born at the Columbus Zoo, in Ohio, in 1956 and weighed 3 1/4 pounds.

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11,511

Contrary to popular belief, dogs do not sweat by salivating. They sweat through the pads of their feet.

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11,512

Dachshunds are the smallest breed of dog used for hunting. They are low to the ground, which allows them to enter and maneuver through tunnels easily.

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11,513

Despite its reputation for being finicky, the average cat consumes about 127,750 calories a year, nearly 28 times its own weight in food and the same amount again in liquids. In case you were wondering, cats cannot survive on a vegetarian diet.

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11,514

Developed in Egypt about 5,000 years ago, the greyhound breed was known before the ninth century in England, where it was bred by aristocrats to hunt such small game as hares.

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11,515

Dogs are mentioned 14 times in the Bible.

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11,516

Each day in the US, animal shelters are forced to destroy 30,000 dogs and cats.

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11,517

Each year, insects eat 1/3 of the Earth's food crop.

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11,518

Dragonflies are one of the fastest insects, flying 50 to 60 mph.

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11,519

Elephants can communicate using sounds that are below the human hearing range: between 14 and 35 hertz.

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