10 Facts About Cats and Dogs That Will Make You Fall in Love With Them

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Cats and dogs make our lives better. From reducing stress to being loyal companions, our pets are precious little beings who manage to bring us so much pleasure and joy.

1. Cats Walk on Their Toes

As natural hunters, cats rely on great speed and flexibility. Walking on their toes helps them with speed and it probably doesn’t hurt that they can move on prey in silence.

2. A Cat’s Short-Term Memory is Pretty Good

There is evidence to suggest that cats can retain short-term memories for up to 10 minutes as long as those memories are created through performance

3. Cats Can Taste the Air

It sounds funny right? But yeah our pet can taste through a controlled method of breathing known as ‘taste-scenting’ your cat uses an organ located between the roof of the mouth and the nose’s septum to taste the scent of another cat in the air.

4. Cats Can Make as Many as 100 Different Vocal Sounds

A cat’s vocabulary consists only of a simple meow. However, the frequencies used with every one of these will
vary according to a cat’s mood and what it is she wants at that moment.

5. Dogs Taste Scents

The wetness on a dog’s nose is actually a layer of mucous used to absorb scents. Dogs then lick the scents off of their noses to taste whatever is in the air.

6. A Dog Can Hear Sounds Up to Four Times Farther Than a Human Can

The shape of a dog’s ears help tremendously in amplifying sounds much like you may be able to do simply by using your hands to form a cupping shape around yours when you want to amplify sound

7. Dogs See Colors

Contrary to popular belief, dogs can see colors. While they can’t see a full color spectrum, they do see more than just black and white as previously thought

8. Dog’s Sense of Smell is More Than 10,000 Times Better Than Human

Where dogs may lack the ability to see all of the vivid colors that we can, they certainly make up for it by being able to assess their environments through powerful olfactory senses

9. Dogs Have Unique Nose Prints

Similar to the human fingerprint, no two dogs have the same nose prin

10. Dogs and Cats Are Great Stress Relievers

From lowering high blood pressure levels to helping people recuperate from major illnesses, cats and dogs have been remarkable at helping lift human spirits and reducing stress.

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