Pet Facts

• Cats spend approximately 50% of their waking hours grooming themselves.
• Cats have 32 muscles in each ear.
• 75% of pet owners celebrate their dog's birthday.
• Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
• After reaching maturity, cats only meow to communicate with humans; normally, only kittens meow to other cats.
• A cat's memory can last as long as 16 hours—exceeding even that of monkeys and orangutans.
• Cats sleep for around 70% of their lives which can be up to 16 hours a day.
• All puppies are born deaf. Though as they get older, they can hear 4 times better than humans can.
• Millennials own more pets than Generation X and the Baby Boomers.
• About 6.5 million pets enter American animal shelters every year, and about 2.3 million pets are adopted from American animal shelters every year.
• Dogs can taste salty, sour, sweet, and bitter, though they only have 1/6 the number of taste buds humans do.
• Dogs can learn over 1,000 words!
• Tired puppies can get fussy just like little kids, If you have a tired puppy, try nap time!
• Paul McCartney added a frequency only dogs can hear to the end of the Beatles song ‘A Day in the Life.’
• A one-year-old dog can be as mature physically as a 15-year old human.

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