Did you know...?

Fire Opal · Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 3050

Did you know that the biggest rodent in the world, the Capybara, is four feet tall and weighs 140 pounds?

barbaro800 · Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Posts: 1856

*ew thats disgusting! thats like those rat things in the Princess Bride movie

Did you know that in 1989, the worlds heaviest dog [an English Mastiff] weighed 343 pounds and was 8 feet from nose to tail?

Fire Opal · Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 3050

Did you know that in the year 2005, a 2 year-old Neapolitan Mastiff called Tia gave birth to the largest litter of dogs. She delivered 24 puppies through caesarean, of which 20 survived.

wolfgirl159357 · Joined: 07 Aug 2009 Posts: 19967

Wow thats alot of pups.

Did you knwo that Fench Bulldogs can not naturally breed or have puppies, sicne the are so top heavy?

barbaro800 · Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Posts: 1856

*omg i love frenchies! i have one Very Happy

*~Trent~* · Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 8655

i knew that, i have one!

ummmm did you know that im a brunnete? Mr. Green

wolfgirl159357 · Joined: 07 Aug 2009 Posts: 19967

nope but me too Smile

Fire Opal · Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 3050

Ah, yes I heard that Bulldogs and the like need to have C-sections to get the puppies out. Seems kind of strange that we've created breeds like that. =/

Did you know that French Bulldogs have earned the nickname “Frog Dogs” due to the way they lay with their back legs splayed out behind them.

wolfgirl159357 · Joined: 07 Aug 2009 Posts: 19967

Yup

Did you know that the wrinkles on a Shar- peis face are so blood does not go into the dogs eyes when fighting?

Vitani · Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 6665

Ha, whoops...Double post by myself and Wolfy ><

Did you know...

Finger joints only have wrinkles and creases if the joint moves. If a finger joint stops moving, the creases eventually flatten out?

Fire Opal · Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 3050

Weird... yet cool. Smile

Did you know that the Norwegian Lundehund's neck joints enable it to extend it head backwards over its shoulders until it touches the spine? This trait helps to make the dog more able to move about in tight spaces in search of it prey.

wolfgirl159357 · Joined: 07 Aug 2009 Posts: 19967

thats AWESOME

Did you know that the Rhodesion ridgeback is a decendent of the African lion dog?

Vitani · Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 6665

That is cool about the Lunde...And no, I didn't know that about the Ridgeback.

Did you know...

Egypt is the most popular tourist destination in Africa, attracting around 10 million visitors per year?

Fire Opal · Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 3050

Really? Never would've guessed it. Of course, I'd just be interested in a safari tour.

Did you know that ancient Egyptians often kept cheetahs as pets? They also tamed and trained them for hunting, using them much as we use greyhounds today.

wolfgirl159357 · Joined: 07 Aug 2009 Posts: 19967

I knew that, they used to hunt teh impala, and the cats would get eh organs and females as their prey in return for the hunt, they were also used as a sport i belive.

Did you know that a Cheetah can go from 0-60mph in less then 2 seconds? and are the fastest land mammel.