Welcome Buzz Pet readers to the third of a 5 post series highlighting the often strange but true facts relating to all thing pets! In posts one and two, we discussed some very strange pet related facts.

Let’s kick on with the series and review the 10 Strange But True Pet Facts. Enjoy Buzz Pet readers!

Fact 1: Iguanas are able to hold their breath for up to 30 minutes.

Fact 2: A horse has a very sensitive part on their foot called the frog.

Fact 3: A mother dingo regurgitates her food for her puppies.

Fact 4: A rabbits front teeth grow continuously (incisors) just like toenails.

Fact 5: A dairy cow provides nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her life time.

Fact 6: An elephant can be pregnant for up to 2 years before giving birth.

Fact 7: A cat’s jaw cannot move sideways.

Fact 8: Cat’s can make over 100 vocal sounds whereas a dog can only make 10.

Fact 9: Newts can regenerate their legs, jaws, eyes, intestines and even hearts!

Fact 10: Ailurophilia is the love of cats.

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Welcome Buzz Pet readers to the second of a 5 post series highlighting the often strange but true facts relating to all thing pets!

In our last post we discovered that the Border Collie is the world’s most intelligent dog breed and that Equinophobia is the term used to describe someone who has a fear of horses. Two facts that I must admit I did not know before researching this topic!

So continuing the theme lets look at the next 10 Strange But True Pet Facts.

Fact 1: Fleas spend an average of two months on pets.

Fact 2: Scientists estimate that there are over 24,000 difference species of fish in the world.

Fact 3: Dogs and humans are the only animals with prostates.

Fact 4: The largest dog in the world is the Irish Wolfhound.

Fact 5: The world’s smallest cat is a blue-point Himalayan / Persian measuring in at 18.75cm long and 6.88cm tall.

Fact 6: Horses cannot breathe through their noses.

Fact 7: Pigeons can reach speeds up to 160mph.

Fact 8: Sharks are immune to all known diseases.

Fact 9: All snakes swallow their food whole.

Fact 10: Most Hamsters blink one eye at a time.

Stay tuned for post 3 coming to Buzz Pet soon!

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Welcome Buzz Pet readers to the first part of a 5 post series highlighting the often strange but true facts relating to all things pets!

For example, did you know that a baby rabbit is called a kitten? Or that frogs have an ear drum outside of their head? Neither did I! So let’s start the series today with my Top 10 Strange But True Pet Facts.

Fact 1: The first animal in orbit was a Russian dog named Laika, in 1959.

Fact 2: A cat purrs at the same speed of a diesel engine - about 26 cycles per second.

Fact 3: The Australian Emu cannot walk backward.

Fact 4: A rat can last without water longer than a camel can.

Fact 5: The Border Collie is the world’s most intelligent breed.

Fact 6: Every cat’s paw print is unique - just like fingerprints.

Fact 7: Equinophobia is the term used to describe someone who has a fear of horses.

Fact 8: The greyhound can reach up to speeds of 67km per hour.

Fact 9: Salmonella can be present on the skin of reptiles.

Fact 10: Chickens cannot swallow whilst they are upside down.

That is all for this post folks, stay tuned for the second part of this series for the next 10 Strange But True Pet Facts!

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Good morning Buzz Pet readers. You may have noticed that the frequency of posts from Buzz Pet HQ slowed down somewhat last week. Now as much as I wish I had been jet setting around the globe on some extravagant holiday (we can all wish can’t we?) the truth is I have been hard at work completing a new feature for the Buzz Pet website called Reader’s Pets. This new feature will allow you to create a Reader’s Pet page of your very own for your favourite pet (or pets!). Each page will include details of your pet (including photos) and will be published on the Buzz Pet website! In addition to this, each Reader’s Pet will have the opportunity to be featured on the Buzz Pet homepage for a week.

I am really excited about this new feature and will of course let you all know when it is up and running on the Buzz Pet website.

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OK folks, I realise the topic of this post is not exactly pet-related (although I would love to hear from anyone that keeps bumble-bees as pets!) but I could not resist the temptation to share this very cute article published in the Daily Mail newspaper in the UK.

Chris Cox an amateur photographer based in Cornwall was “messing around” taken photos in the backyard of his home when he took a photo of what appears to be a bumble-bee smiling! Needless to say it certainly looks like the little bee is enjoying himself!

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Hmm…. I have to be honest I am not quite sure what to make of all of this.  Below is a gallery of images sent to me recently via email “showcasing” the artistic (?) work of various cat owners and their cats.  Now before you start to shout “cruelty” I am certainly not promoting this practice (although I would argue the level of any cruelty would be very low (although does embarrassing your cat count as cruelty?)).  Enjoy Buzz Pet readers, and I encourage your comments!

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Australian media company Sensis have recently teamed up with local Victorian premium pet food producer 4Legs to launch a great new service on their improved Whereis website. The new service provides information on dog-friendly parks listed on their maps, allowing users of Whereis to search and view a selected region (E.g. a suburb) and identify (by way of small paw-print icons) where dog friendly parks are located including whether the park allows off-lead walking.

At first glance I believe this to be a useful addition to the tool set of the Whereis website, particularly if the user of the site is new to a region and is travelling with their four-legged friend - very handy to find a suitable park to let your dog off its’ leash. Check out the new service and let me know what you think.

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Yet another report of a wild python snake dining on some one’s unfortunate pet cat. What a wild country we live in! 

The Northern Territory News today reported that the McLaren family from Tiwi a northern suburb of Darwin, woke yesterday to find one of their kittens missing….. and a very fat snake close by.  After putting their other cats safely inside the house and calling the snake catcher, their worse fears were confirmed - poor Kohl the kitten had indeed been eaten by the nearby 2m python snake. 

With the snake breeding season nearing, people living in Northern Australia are currently being urged to be cautious in their back yards during this time of the year.

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If you have a spare minute and fancy a smile, then you must check out this short photo series on How to Properly Hug a Baby. Quite possibly the cutest series of pet related photos I have ever seen! And the commentary for each photo is spot-on. Enjoy Buzz Pet readers.

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