Did You Know?
1 It is illegal to own only one guinea pig or parrot in Switzerland. Because both species are highly social, keeping them isolated denies them regular interaction and is considered animal cruelty.
2 Marijuana farming in the US is demanding the environment. The growing number of pot farms being planted in remote areas have destroyed the local landscape by causing forest fragmentation, stream modifications, soil erosion, and landslides.
3 According to some 40-million-year-old bones that were found in Antarctica, penguins used to be over 6 feet tall and weighed more than 250 pounds.
4 According to a Harvard psychologist, dogs probably have dreams about their owners.
5 The loudest sound ever heard on Earth was the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883. The Indonesian Volcano ruptured the ear drums of sailors 40 miles away, and people 3,000 miles away reported it as “a distant roar of heavy guns”.
6 A hummingbird´s tongue is so long that it curls up into its skull and around its eyes when not in use.
7 1 dog year isn´t equal to 7 human years. Dogs don´t age parallel to people, they actually age more quickly at first, then slow down. Depending on their size and breed, a 1-year-old dog is about the same age as a 15-year-old person, a 2-year-old dog is like a 24-year-old person, and every year after that is equal to about 4-6 human years.
8 People who raised in warmer climates tend to be friendlier than those brought up in places with cold, harsh temperatures.
9 Dogs that have emotionally negative experiences often lie awake at night worrying about their problems.
10 Cats imitate baby humans whenever they want you to feed them. Hungry cats emit a vocalized, high-frequency purr that´s in the same acoustic range as the cries of a hungry infant, and humans subconsciously recognize it as being more urgent than other purrs.
