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Interesting Facts: How Cats See the World Around them
Despite all the popularity of cats in the modern world (and the Internet), we still know quite little about what goes on in their heads.
Diana Dashkevich pets cats Animals 29 September 2023
Interesting Facts: How Dogs See the World
With dogs in such a situation, everything was very clear: they preferred not to take food from a stranger who refused to help their owner, from a “bad” one.
Diana Dashkevich pets dogs Animals 29 September 2023
Interesting Facts: How Cats Perceive Humans
A study by Japanese scientists has shown that cats constantly retain a mental image of their owner’s location and are very surprised if a person appears unexpectedly.
Diana Dashkevich pets cats Animals 28 September 2023
Interesting Facts: Why Cats Love to Sit in Boxes
The new study was published in the scientific journal Applied Animal Behavior Science.
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Interesting Facts: Why You Should Get a Cat
Scientists from the University of Minnesota have found that being around cats helps reduce the risk of a heart attack by almost a third.
Diana Dashkevich pets cats Animals 27 September 2023
Expert Opinion: Is It Possible to Sleep in the Same Bed with Your Pet
According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, having a dog in the home increased the owner's likelihood of having a sleep disorder, and cat owners were more likely to report involuntary leg twitching.
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Interesting Facts: Why You Should Own a Fish
One 2019 study shows that aquarium fish have a calming effect on people.
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Interesting Facts: Does Pets Have Jealousy
In 2018, American researchers scanned the brain of a dog watching its owner feed and pet a toy. During this process, the amygdala, which is responsible for aggression, showed strong activity.
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Interesting Pet Facts: How Smart Are Cats
According to a study published in Scientific Reports, cats do respond to their name differently than to other words with similar sounding vowels, consonants and syllable lengths.
Diana Dashkevich pets cats intelligence Animals 25 September 2023
Interesting Facts: What Love for Cats Says About a Person
According to the study, which will appear in the journal Behavioral Processes, the relationships between cats and their owners mirror the bonds between humans, especially the relationships between cats and women.
Diana Dashkevich pets cats Animals 25 September 2023
Pet Frog: What You Need to Know About Care
To keep land frogs, choose a terrarium with a thick layer of substrate at the bottom. Don't forget about filling the terrarium: plants, shelters, water source. To keep aquatic frogs you will need a regular aquarium with a lid and a water filter.
Diana Dashkevich pets frogs Animals 25 September 2023
Border Collie: Interesting Facts
The brains of dogs and humans are structurally similar, but dogs' brains are much smaller in size. The ratio of human brain to body size is 1:40. In dogs, the ratio is 1:125 for all breeds, according to a study published in the Intelligence issue of Popular Science magazine.
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Expert Opinion: Why You Should Get a Pet
Modern researchers agree that pet ownership has pros and cons for health, work and other aspects of human life. There are benefits from pets, and tangible ones - they affect both mental and physical health of a person.
Diana Dashkevich pets animal facts Animals 21 September 2023
Interesting Facts: Why Some People Choose Animals for Communication rather than People
The study found that millennials love their pets more than their family members and parents. The survey involved 1,000 cat and dog owners, writes The New York Post.
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Interesting Facts: How Animals Affect Sleep
Research shows that playing with a dog can improve mood, that reading to a pet can help children overcome learning development problems, that pets can reduce their owners' levels of the stress-related hormone cortisol, and that owning a pet can improve physical performance.
Diana Dashkevich pets sleep Animals 20 September 2023
Interesting Facts: How Animals Help People
These benefits are reflected in a recent American Psychiatric Association survey, which found that 86 percent of owners believe their pets have a mostly positive impact on their mental health; and that about 90 percent consider the animal part of the family.
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Important to Know: How Animals Help Cope with Stress
Cortisol, a steroid hormone, is produced by the adrenal glands. It is a vital hormone for many of your body's functions. One of the main functions of cortisol is to regulate the body's response to stress. Other functions of cortisol include controlling the body's use of macronutrients, regulating blood pressure and blood sugar levels, and suppressing inflammation.
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Interesting Facts: What Pets You Can Have Apart from Dogs and Cats
According to the American Veterinary Association (AVMA), rabbits are the second most common pet.
Diana Dashkevich pets animal care Animals 15 September 2023
Interesting Facts: Which Animals Help with Loneliness
In the study, scientists found that owning a pet is associated with improved mental health and reduced discomfort from loneliness.
Diana Dashkevich pets dogs cats Animals 14 September 2023
Expert Tips: How to Befriend Your Cat with Other Animals
If a cat hisses and growls, this is due to the natural desire to dominate its territory. Owners who have a new tailed family member should be patient and avoid conflicts between animals.
Diana Dashkevich pets cats Animals 12 September 2023