ABOUT CATS | General Facts about CATS

     The Lion and Tiger are the Members of the cat family.Cats born in Thailand are black and white in color.  Human beings sleep for about 8 hours a day, but cats sleep for about 16 hours in a day.

     The cat family also include the jaguar, leopards, the Cheetah, the puma, the caracal.

     Largest member of the cat family is the tiger.  Of them shale have been found up to 10.5feet in length, standing 3 feet high at the shoulder.  Cats cannot see in total darkness, but they can see far better in the dark than man.

     The Cheetah is exceptional among cats not only for its greatest speed- it is the fastest of all land animals, but also for its non retractile claws.

     The Egyptians worshiped the cat.  It was called Myco, which sounds rather like 'miaow'.  Killing a cat was a crime punishable by death.  When a household cat died, its owner shaved his eyebrows as a sign of his grief. This is one the the house animal

ABOUT DOGS | General Facts About DOGS

       Dogs are the faithful friends for human.  Dogs are descendants of wolves. A dog never forgets his master.  Most dogs have poor eyesight but they possess a superb sense of smell.  Of all animals, the dog is perhaps Man's favorite. 

     The only living creature know to have been killed by an extraterrestrial object was a dog, struck dead by a small meteorite.  the animal that traveled in a space flight was a dog.  Its name was "Laika".  It traveled on 3rd November 1957.

     A film called, "The Dog that saved Hollywood" was shown an audience of 100 dogs.

     The Australian dingo is a dog with no bark.  Dingoes have been found scavenging or hunting sheep.  Heaviest domestic dog is the  St. Bernard which weights up to 20 pounds (100kg) and stands 27 inches high at the shoulders.  In mythology, dogs often server as pets or as watchdogs.