Interesting Dog Anatomy Facts

Interesting & Amazing Dog Anatomy Facts

• A young dog has only 28 milk teeth
• Dogs take between 10 and 30 breaths every minute
• A dog's heart beats between 70 and 120 times a minute, compared with a human heart which beats 70 to 80 times a minute
• A dog's temperature is between 100.2 and 102.8 degrees Fahrenheit
• Dogs do not sweat by salivating. They sweat through the pads of their feet
• Female dog bites are twice as numerous as male dog bites
• The Chow Chow dog has a black tongue
• A dogs sight is better than that of a human in dim light
• Dogs have a visual range of 250 degrees compared to the human range of 180 degrees
• A dog can hear sounds 250 yards away that most people cannot hear beyond 25 yards
• Dogs have twice as many muscles for moving their ears as people
• The average dog's mouth exerts 150 to 180 pounds of pressure per square inch. Some dogs can apply up to 450 pounds