- Did you know that some breeds of dogs don't shed?
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- About one family in three owns a dog.
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- Dogs have about 100 different facial expressions, most of them made with the ears
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- Students who own fish score the highest on Math and verbal SAT, than non-pet owners.
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- Aquarium fish are the most popular pet in America
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- 12 million households own more than 158,600,000 fish.
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- Fish aquariums lower blood pressure in both hypertensive and normal people.
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- A cat can jump 5 times as high as they are tall.
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- Domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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- Snakes have a strong sense of smell.
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- Seventy-six million households own a pet (roughly 3 in 4)
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- More than 60 percent of cat and dog owners include news about their pets in their holiday greetings, 27 percent take their pets along for family photographs and pictures with Santa, and 79 percent give their pets holiday or birthday presents.
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