Animal Trivia and Fun Facts

There should be one more litter pan than the number of cats in your household. Sharing litter pans is probably the leading cause of house soiling problems in cats. If you only have one cat, and it isn't reliably using the litterpan, give it two litter pans and clean them frequently.

The old rule -- multiplying a dog's age by 7 to find the equivalent human age -- is fallacious. A dog is able to reproduce at 1 year and has reached full growth by 2 years. To calculate a dog's age in human terms, count the first year at 15, the second year as 10, and each year after that as 5.

Children only rarely take care of pets responsibly. Don't expect this. It irritates the child and is bad for the pet.

The best way to stop your dog from chasing cars is to build a fence and keep him or her in it.

Both humans and chimpanzees have equal amounts of hair per given surface area. A chimp's is just heavier.

You have a 1 in 3.000.000 chance of getting killed by a snake.

In Massachusetts, it is illegal to feed ducks on Sunday between the hours of 5am and 12pm while humming.

In the town of Blythe, Ca., It is illegal to wear cowboy boots on Main Street if you do not own at least 5 head of cattle
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In the coastal provinces of Canada it is illegal to shoot whales from a moving automobile.

If an average man had a metabolism comparable to that of a hummingbird he would have to eat 285 pounds of hamburger every day to maintain his weight.

Turtles can recognize faces. They are one of the few reptiles that can be trained to do "tricks".

check out Mans Best Friend or Murphy's House Rules

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