Fastest 100 m on a skateboard by a dog
On 16 Sep 2013, Jumpy the dog skateboarded
100 m (328 ft) in 19.65 sec on the set of Officially
Amazing in Los Angeles, California, USA.Largest gathering of pets
A troupe of 4,616 pets went for a walk with their
owners at the Feria de las Flores in Medellín,
Colombia, on 7 Aug 2007.Most wins of the
World’s Ugliest Dog contest
Chi-Chi, a rare African sand dog, is a seven-time
winner of the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest at the
Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California, USA.
The wins came in 1978, 1982–84, 1986–87 and- The family tradition continued with Chi-
Chi’s grandson, Rascal, who took the title in 2002.
Highest jump by a miniature horse
On 15 Mar 2015, Castrawes Paleface Orion –
owned by Robert Barnes – leapt 1.08 m (3 ft 6.5 in)
in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia.Farthest jump by a guinea pig
On 6 Apr 2012, a guinea pig named Truffles cleared
a gap of 48 cm (1 ft 6.8 in) in Rosyth, Fife, UK.Tallest horse ever
Foaled in 1846, a shire gelding named Sampson
(later renamed Mammoth), bred by Thomas
Cleaver of Toddington Mills, Bedfordshire, UK,
measured 21 hands 2.5 in (2.19 m; 7 ft 2.2 in)
in 1850.
The tallest living horse is Big Jake, a
nine-year-old Belgian gelding who measured
20 hands 2.75 in (2.10 m; 6 ft 10.75 in), without
shoes, at Smokey Hollow Farms in Poynette,
Wisconsin, USA, on 19 Jan 2010.Tallest goat
Mostyn Moorcock, a British Saanen who died
in 1977, reached a shoulder height of 3 ft
8 in (1.11 m) and an overall length of 5 ft 6 in
(1.67 m). His owner was Pat Robinson of the UK.Pets
ANIMALS
OLDEST
COCKATIEL
Sunshine the pied
cockatiel was aged
32 years as of 27 Jan- The record-
breaking bird lives
with his owner
Vickie Aranda in
Albuquerque, New
Mexico, USA. He was
first purchased in
Colorado in 1983,
but has been moving
with Vickie around
the country ever
since. Sunshine is
rather particular
when it comes to
his food: he will not
eat vegetables, but
loves cheese and
spaghetti noodles.
Shortest cow
Manikyam, owned by Akshay N V, measured
61.1 cm (2 ft) from the hoof to the withers on
21 Jun 2014 in Kerala, India. The term “withers”
refers to the ridge between the shoulder blades.Shortest donkey
KneeHi measured 64.2 cm (2 ft 1.2 in) to the
withers at Best Friends Farm in Gainesville,
Florida, USA, on 26 Jul 2011. A registered
miniature Mediterranean donkey, KneeHi is
owned by James, Frankie and Ryan Lee.Longest fur on a cat
A cat named Sophie Smith had fur 25.68 cm
(10.11 in) long, as measured in Oceanside,
California, USA, on 9 Nov 2013. She belongs
to Jami Smith.Longest fur on a rabbit
On 17 Aug 2014, the fur on Franchesca, an
Angora rabbit, was verified at 36.5 cm (1 ft
2.37 in) long. Franchesca lives with her owner,
Betty Chu, in Morgan Hill, California, USA.Longest tongue on a dog (current)
Mochi, a female St Bernard owned by Carla
and Craig Rickert, has a tongue that measured
18.5 cm (7.3 in) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA,
on 25 Aug 2016.
The longest tongue on a dog ever is 43 cm
(1 ft 5 in) and belonged to Brandy, a boxer who
lived with her owner John Scheid in St Clair
Shores, Michigan, USA, until Sep 2002.Oldest chinchilla
Radar (b. 1 Feb 1985), owned by Christina
Anthony, was 29 years 229 days old when he
died in Acton, California, USA, on 18 Sep 2014.Oldest donkey
A donkey named Suzy reached 54 years old in- She was owned by Beth Augusta Menczer
and lived in Glenwood, New Mexico, USA.
Oldest rabbit
A wild rabbit named Flopsy was caught on
6 Aug 1964 and died 18 years 10 months 3 weeks
later at the home of L B Walker of Longford in
Tasmania, Australia.The ancient Egyptians kept a variety of pets as well as dogs and cats, including
baboons, falcons, gazelles, lions, mongooses and hippopotamuses.OLDEST BEARDED DRAGON EVER
Born on 1 Jun 1997, Sebastian the bearded dragon was aged
18 years 237 days as of 24 Jan 2016, when he passed away. His
owner, Lee-Anne Burgess of Middlesex, UK, brought Sebastian
home on Christmas Eve in 1997. The life expectancy for a bearded
dragon in captivity is usually 7-14 years, although in the wild they
are more likely to live for 5–8 years.TOP FIVE PETS IN
THE USA (in millions)Cats are “obligate
carnivores” – they
must eat meat to surviveGuinea pigs have
three toes on their
back paws and four
on their front paws- Freshwater fish: 95.5
3. Dogs: 77.8
2. Cats: 85.8
4. Birds: 14.3 - Small animals: 12.4
Only 25% of Americans
chose to have a cat as a
pet; the other 75% were
adopted by a catNearly a third of all
Dalmatian dogs are deafThe
bearded
dragon’s throat
is covered in spine-
like pouches. It puffs
them out to scare off
predators, or when it feels
that its territory is being
threatened, and (in
males) as part of its
courtship ritual.
Q: How many shelter
animals are adopted
each year in the USA?
A: 2.7 million, according to the
American Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)