Everyone has seen a dog at some point or another, and most of us have either friends or relatives who have owned one.
But how many of us know these interesting facts about dog biology?
2. The evolution of dogs can be traced back forty million years ago to an animal called Miaci, which was a weasel-like animal in trees and caves. The Miaci then evolved into Tomarctus, the immediately superior race of the dog, from which the race of wolves, and therefore the dogs, arose.
3. Dogs have three eyelids, including a blinking membrane, known as the haruspicina, to keep the eye smooth and protected. also the third eyelid.
4. While the story is commonly believed, there are no dogs, in fact they are blind. They cannot see as well or as many colors as humans can, but their vision is similar to what humans see in the evening.
5. A dog’s shoulder blades are not connected to the rest of their bones. This always leads to greater flexibility while running.
6. A dog can locate the source of a sound in 1/600th of a second and can hear sounds four times farther than humans can hear them.
7. Puppies are born blind, deaf and toothless, and completely helpless. Touch will be developed as the first sense, and The whole body of the dog is covered with sensitive nerve endings”.
8. A dog has 18 or more muscles to move the ear.
9. It is possible that the shape of a dog’s face suggests how long it lives. Dogs with faces more like wolves’ “sharp and pointed” usually live longer, as with German dogs with very flat faces, such as bulls often have a shorter life.
10. The oldest known dog appeared in 9,000 B.C. It was likely that the type of dog was for hunting type.
11. Every dog’s nose print is as individual as a human finger. They can also be used to identify them!
12. Dogs can run at an average of 19 mph; and the fastest dogs on earth are hares, and can run at speeds of 45 mph.
13. Large, square heads and large ears mean a dog” is best for hearing. Subsonic sounds! For for example, take St.
14. Dogs even beat humans in the olfactory category because they can smell a thousand times better than humans. They have more than 220 million scent detectors compared to 5 million people. The part of their brain that interprets smells is also four times that of humans.
15. The reason wet dogs have a nose is to help them pick up chemical droplets in the air. containing odors.
16. All Dalmatians are born young, and their spots increase.
17. French poodles actually originate in Germany (poodle comes from the German word pudel and the word pudelhund means a shedding dog). Dog scholars watch poodles hair evolved to swim more efficiently. The coat of the poodle is also shaved in a sharp hairstyle, so that it can swim faster, while it warms the larger limbs and vital organs in cold.
18. The smallest dog ever was the size of a matchbox York‘” quite literally! He was only 2.5″ high at the shoulder and only 3.5 from his nose to the tip of his tail, and weighs a mere 4 ounces.
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