Some Unique Facts About Dogs

Dogs have been the best friend for human being since long time ago. No wonder, a lot of people have dogs at home as their most beloved pet. There are some facts about dogs which you probably do not know in details.
The first fact is about the amount of dog breed. If you think that the answer is ten or twenty breeds, you will be surprised by the true answer: there are more than 700 types of dog breed. People in USA commonly love five major dog breeds, such as Labrador Retriever, German Shepherd, Golden Retriever, Daschund as well as Beagle. Those are the big five of most favorite breeds all over the country.

Dog Vs Humans
If you have some dogs at home, you will take care of them as if they are human being. However, have you found the basic differences between the dog and human being? Some facts probably surprise you and some others don't. The dog's heart beats faster than human's heart and it has the higher normal temperature too. Besides, dogs mostly have the amazing capability to recognize particular smells much better than human being.

Anyway, dog and human have the similarity too. Both are the only creatures with prostate. So, you will not find it in other animals. Unfortunately, the amazing dog's capability to identify smells is not followed by the good capability to see and recognize various colors very well. Therefore, dogs cannot see the color vividly. A lot of people believed that dogs were descended from Tomarctus. The experts claimed Tomarctus lived for about 15 million years ago.

What about the fossils of dogs? There are many speculations and estimations about it, but the archeologist mostly claim the earliest fossils can be traced back to the ancient era (for about 10.000 B.C). In short, dogs have long history from the past time up to the current civilization.

Currently, there are (approximately) more than 450.000.000 dogs live in this universe. Those are the fantastic numbers which prove the existence of dogs among our daily life. Anyway, dogs don not only have sharp smelling sense, but also the amazing sharp ears which are able to hear sounds almost 35,000 vibrations/second. In conclusion, dogs have good capability to serve human being except the fact that they are less responsive with colors.

Absolutely, the particular breeds or types of dog have much better capability of hearing and smelling than the common dogs. No wonder, they are completely needed by policemen to help them investigating the crimes.