Cats and dogs can hear ultrasound.
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One in three dog owners say they have talked to their pets on the phone.
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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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