Most cats will rub their head on solid objects or against a human leg several times each day. This seems to be a rather common activity for cats. You may think that the cat is “scratching” itself. That could be part of the reason. But many pet experts believe that a cat rubs us with [...]

First and foremost, cats are independent creatures. If we could ask them why they do certain things they might reply, “Because I can.” In the same sense, cats have a unique feel for their own cleanliness. Cat’s often live for years by self-cleaning – licking their paws and wiping various parts of their bodies. This [...]

Dogs bark at a lot of things and howl at a few more. Not every dog will howl when the fire or ambulance siren sounds. But a percentage of canines will respond to sirens by howling. Common theory states that dogs howl at sirens because their ears are sensitive and they are feeling pain. This [...]

Anyone who has had a pet cat knows the terrible sound the animal makes when it has a hairball. Some people say cats cough up hairballs but the sound is a combination of hacking, choking and several other indescribable things. Cats can be resting comfortably or strolling across the room when all of a sudden [...]

There is an easy answer to this question and there is a more complex answer to this question. Some animals migrate, moving over long distances from south to north or north to south, simply to find warmer weather. In many of these case, the animals travel from cold areas in the northern hemisphere to warmer [...]

There are dozens of myths, legends and charms among the various cultures around the world. The lucky rabbit’s foot is just one of these. But to get to the earliest roots of the rabbit’s foot we have to go back more than a thousand years – to a couple of different places.
History shows that the [...]

It may be tempting to say that tigers roar because they are big, scary cats and big, scary cats don’t meow, they roar! Well, basically that is the truth. Large cats, such as tigers and lions, use their roar for a couple of very important reasons. In the natural world they inhabit, tigers need to [...]

Some dogs like to chew on and eat grass; others don’t. Pet owners often wonder just what makes a dog eat grass when they are well fed and seem very healthy. There are a number of myths and beliefs about this interesting, curious activity. But what’s the truth about why dogs eat grass?
First of all, [...]

The first detail to remember about lions is that only the male of the species has a mane, the large mass of dark hair that surrounds a lion’s head. In the usual pattern of lion society, a strong and aggressive male dominates the pride (the name for a group of lions). This family of lions [...]

Some people may be surprised to learn the real reason worms come out in the rain, if for no other reason than what they thought or learned as children is often wrong. Earthworms appear by the dozens after it rains. We see them crawling around in the damp earth of a garden, on our lawns [...]