@petfacts

Many cats cannot properly digest cow's milk. Milk and milk products give them diarrhea.

Cats can predict earthquakes. We humans are not 100% sure how they do it. There are several different theories.

In just seven years, a single pair of cats and their offspring could produce a staggering total of 420,000 kittens.

Is it a duck... or a dog? The Newfoundland breed has a water resistant coat and webbed feet. This dog was originally bred to help haul nets for fishermen and rescuing people at risk of drowning.

Long, muscular hind legs enable snow leopards to leap seven times their own body length in a single bound.

The cat appears to be the only domestic companion animal not mentioned in the Bible.

An elderly woman was saved by her 12-pound Yorkshire Terrier, who fought off an 80- pound Akita, and survived with only 9 stitches.

Ancient Egyptians revered their dogs. When a pet dog would die, the owners shaved off their eyebrows, smeared mud in their hair, and mourned aloud for days.

A Border Collie named Chaser has learned the names of 1,022 toys, and can retrieve each by name.

Dogs like sweets a lot more than cats do. While cats have around only 473 taste buds, dogs have about 1,700 taste buds. Humans have approximately 9,000.

Two members of the cat family are distinct from all others: the clouded leopard and the cheetah. The clouded leopard does not roar like other big cats, nor does it groom or rest like small cats. The cheetah is unique because it is a running cat; all others are leaping cats. They are leaping cats because they slowly stalk their prey and then leap on it.

A cat's hearing is much more sensitive than humans and dogs.

Cats' hearing is much more sensitive than humans and dogs.

Unlike humans, cats are usually lefties. Studies indicate that their left paw is typically their dominant paw.

There are more than 500 million domestic cats in the world, with approximately 40 recognized breeds.