Interesting and fun facts about animals
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- a giraffe can clean its own ears with its 21 inch long tongue.
- a cheetah can run 46 mph, the fastest humans can only run 18 mph.
- no 2 zebras have identical stripes.
- a cow can provide up to 200,000 glasses of milk in its lifetime.
- the biggest animal in the world is the blue whale. It has a heart the size of a car and a tongue as long as an elephant.
- the fastest swimming fish in the world is the swordfish.
- hummingbirds are the only animals capable of flying backwards.
- there are more than a million animal species.
- the most dangerous animal (rated according to the number of people they have killed) is the hippopotamus.
- bulls are color blind.
- a dog has only sweat glands on its paws.
- a goldfish has a memory of 3 seconds.
- Chow Chows (a breed of dog) have blue tongues.
- a rat can survive for longer without water than a camel can.
- birds can sleep with one eye open.
- a horse can nap standing up.
- the tallest dogs are the Irish Wolfhound and the Great Dane
- the smallest dogs are the Chihuahua.
- the average dog lives for about 15 years.
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Cat moving house and not adjusting well
My cat and I moved into a new home. He now has three canine friends who he has spent time with before. One of the dogs was eating the felines stool, so I purchased the Purrforma self cleaning litter box. He would only urinate in it and chose to defecate on my side of the bed after 6 days. He attempted to defecate another time, I got him and placed him in the litter box, however that only worked once, and choose the bed again. Since then I purchased a new non automated litter box and returned him to his feline pine cat litter - that was two days ago and he has not eliminated anything sine. I have been leaving the bedroom door closed so he is not tempted. I'm just waiting for him to use it. any thoughts?
Should I lock him in a confined area until he uses it?
I need some advise or he might end up getting kicked out, and he is a special need cat as he has three fused lumbar (congenital defect.)
He is also doing an excessive amount of licking to the point where he has two balding patches. He just had an allergy shot 4 weeks ago. Should I inquire about behavioral modification type drugs?
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