Dogs
* A dog can hear sounds that are 100 times fainter than the faintest sounds that a person ca= hear.
* The greyhound dog can reach speeds of up to 42 miles per hour.
* The heaviest dog on record is an Old English Mastiff named Zorba, who weighed 343 pounds=and measured 8 feet and 3 in. from nose to tail.
* A 7-year study, which concluded in the summer of 2000, found that 33 U.S. deaths wer= caused by rottweilers, pit bulls were responsible for 27 deaths.
* Every known dog except the chow has a pink tongue - the chow's tongue is jet black.
* German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.
* The expression "three dog night" originated with the Eskimos and means a very co=d night - so cold that you have to bed down with three dogs to keep warm.
* The first seeing-eye dog was presented to a blind person on April 25, 1938.
* There are 701 types of pure breed dogs.
* Smartest dogs: 1) border collie; 2)poodle; 3)golden retrieve.
* Dumbest dog: Afghan.
* Two dogs were hanged for witchcraft=in Salem, Massachusetts, during the Salem witch trials.
Domesticated
In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
Elephants
Elephants communicate in sound waves below the frequency that humans can hear.=/p>
Extinction
Every 10 minutes, another plant or animal life form becomes extinct.
Falcons
The fastest bird is the peregrine falcon. It can fly at a speeds in excess of 200 miles per=20 hour.
Fish
* More types of fish live in one Amazon River tributary than in all the rivers in North Ame=ica combined.
* The flying gurnard, a fish, swims in water, walks on land, and flies through th= air.
Flamingo
A flamingo can eat only when its head is upside down.
Frogs
* A single poison arrow frog contains enough poison to kill 2,200 people.
* Some frogs can pull their eyes into their throat and help push food down!
Goldfish
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
Gorillas
Gorillas beat their chests when they get nervous.
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