Pet Fact – Week 23

  • The world’s fastest swimmer is the sail fish, this speedy fish can achieve speeds of 75mph!
  • For every human in the world, there are one million ants!
  • Did you know a flamingo can only eat when it’s head is upside down!
  • Here’s an eye fact for you – Goat’s eyes have rectangular pupils allowing them to watch out for predators over flat grazing ground, clever evolution huh.
  • I don’t know about you but this petfact gives us the shivers for some reason – Honeybees have hairs on their eyes to help them collect pollen *shudder*
  • The giraffe has no vocal cords and communicates by vibrating the air around it’s neck would you believe.
  • Now this we did not know – a blue whales tongue weighs more than most elephants!

 

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Our favourite…cute pet pictures of the week

We’ve got that Friday feeling and it’s time to celebrate our love for cute pictures of pets! This week we adore this round-up of ‘Stuff My Guinea Pig Does’ from sharpening pencils to making stew…this little guy can do it all! See the rest of the picture here

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Pet news of the week

Breaking pet news this week is that the moonwalking TV pony is now a lothario with the ladies! Who’d have thought it? Check out the full story today from the

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The best pet advice

Today we’re talking about one of our favourite vets – Emma Milne. We love her site for advice about keeping pets and being a vet. She’s also on Twitter, why not drop by and say hello? @emmamilnethevet Visit her site here

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Pet news of the week

Here’s a heartwarming story to kick off the week with! Pensioner Jack Moran nursed an injured starling back to health before releasing it back into the wild. Imagine his shock, when a year later, the starling paid him a visit with its new family in tow

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The best pet advice

It’s time for some handy pet advice – we love reading vet Pete Wedderburn’s Telegraph page for answers to our pet problems. In his latest post, Pete discusses whether it is ok to let dogs drink tea and coffee. “Drinking tea and coffee together helps to foster good human relationships, so why not human-pet relationships [...]

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Pet pic of the day

We love this picture of Savannah, just chillin’ with her sisters and pulling funny faces…

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Our favourite pet video this week…

Alex impressed us so much with his slick breakdancing moves we’ve decided to feature him as our video of the week. He dances better than we do! Check out the shapes he’s throwing here:  

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Pet pic of the day

Lily

We love this pic of Lily lounging on the beach, minding her owners’ things while they take a dip in the sea…

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Pet story of the day

Iggle Piggle the sheep pig

Meet Iggle Piggle. This gorgeous little piglet was adopted by sheep after being bullied by her brothers and sisters, and now thinks she is a lamb. It’s a real-life ‘Babe’ story!

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