Human beings have been training and sharing our lives with dogs for more than 4000 years, each time we decipher their body language better and we are even able to identify different types of vocalizations and associate them with different states of mind or need. On many occasions we feel that we are one with our dog, that just by looking into our eyes (not fixedly, please), both the furry one knows us perfectly as we know him . However, we are very wrong if we believe that we know everything about dogs and we are going to show it to you …
Do you know that the basenji is a dog that does not bark and instead makes a sound like a Tyrolean song? And it’s not for lack of vocal cords! That dogs not only see in black and white as has been said all their lives but are color blind and confuse red and green? That there was a greyhound in France named Guinefort that after death obtained the status of holy martyr protector of children for saving a knight’s infant from being bitten by a viper? And that a dog named Bluey lived 29 years and 5 months ? Really surprising but this is not all, friends …
Our apparently “simple” pet can smell when we are sick and that is because dogs are capable of detecting a good amount of organic compounds that we produce when something is not going well inside us. Could it be for this reason that your furry does not leave your bed when you feel unwell? We do not know 100% but what is clear is that your discomfort smells.
Weren’t you very impressed with these doggy data? Well, you will be more stony when you read, below, all the surprising curiosities about dogs that we have compiled. Does it surprise you to know that humans only have five million olfactory receptors in the nose compared to dogs who have three hundred million? Keep reading because you are going to win all the games of Trivial.
