- When given unlimited access to mice, cats will kill about 15 before stopping.

 - Dogs have about a hundred different facial expressions, most of them made using their ears

 - Each day in the U.S, animal shelters are forced to destroy approximately 30,000 dogs and cats.

 - Cerberus was the tri-headed dog that guarded the underworld in Greek mythology

 - Kiwis are the only bird that hunts by smell.