Today we present you nineteen interesting and curious facts about dogs. If you own a dog its a must read. If not still a must read! So fact number one:
今天我們?yōu)槟I(xiàn)上19條關(guān)于狗狗的趣聞怪談。有狗無(wú)狗者必讀！讓我們看看第一條吧：

Fact 1: Dogs were the first to jump off a parachute, not humans.
事實(shí)1：人類史上首個(gè)跳降落傘的是狗狗而不是人。

2 – Pointing: Dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand pointing.
2、手勢(shì)：狗狗和大象是僅有的兩種可以本能理解手勢(shì)的動(dòng)物。

3. Dogs can learn language: Most dogs can learn 150 words, while the smartest dog can understand up to 250 words.
3、狗狗能夠?qū)W習(xí)語(yǔ)言：大多數(shù)狗狗可以學(xué)會(huì)150個(gè)詞，而最聰明的狗狗可以學(xué)會(huì)250個(gè)。

4. Obama was eating dogs: When Obama was living in Indonesia, he ate snake meat, dog meat and roasted?grasshoppers?quite often.
4、奧巴馬吃狗肉：當(dāng)奧巴馬在印度尼西亞居住時(shí)，他吃蛇肉、狗肉，還經(jīng)常烤蝗蟲(chóng)吃。

5. Pit Bulls were once known as "nanny dogs" because of how kind and protective they were of children.
5、 比特犬曾被稱作為“保姆狗”，因?yàn)樗鼈儗?duì)小孩非常友善且具有保護(hù)力。

6. In German, 'dogging' means jogging with your dog.
6、德語(yǔ)中‘dogging’（追蹤）意思是和狗狗一起慢跑。

7. Dogs can fake: Dogs will sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
7、狗狗會(huì)假裝：狗狗有時(shí)會(huì)假裝生病以獲得關(guān)注。

8. Dogs' brains have gotten larger and they've have gotten smarter relative to cats largely because dogs are more social.
8、狗狗的大腦比喵咪的更大相對(duì)也更聰明，主要是因?yàn)楣饭犯朴诮浑H。

9. There is a company that sells beer specifically created for dogs.
9、有一家公司售賣(mài)專門(mén)為狗狗制造的啤酒。

10. Dogs will yawn in order to express that there is a conflict of interest between their own ideas or desires and those of their owners.
10、狗狗會(huì)通過(guò)打哈欠來(lái)表達(dá)，其自身的想法或意愿與主人的相沖突。

11. Abraham Lincoln's dog, Fido, was assassinated too.
11、亞伯拉罕·林肯的狗狗菲多也是被暗殺而亡的。

12. Human yawns are contagious not only to other people, but to dogs, as well.
12、人打哈欠不僅會(huì)傳染給人，也會(huì)傳染給狗狗。

13. Raisins' grapes are toxic to dogs.
13、葡萄干對(duì)狗狗來(lái)說(shuō)有毒。

14. The Kong dog toy is based on part of a Volkswagen bus suspension that the creator's German Shepherds loved to play with.
14、Kong牌狗狗玩具設(shè)計(jì)靈感一部分是源于設(shè)計(jì)師的德國(guó)牧羊犬愛(ài)玩的大眾客車(chē)懸架裝置。

15. A German Shepherd guard dog in a Belgrade Zoo once fought and defeated an escaped jaguar and in doing so saved the life of a zoo employee.
15、貝爾格萊德動(dòng)物園的一只德國(guó)牧羊犬看門(mén)狗曾與一只出逃的美洲豹竭力奮戰(zhàn)并獲勝，挽救了一位動(dòng)物園員工的性命。

16. In 1991 a girl was found in Ukraine who had lived with and been raised by dogs for most of her life.
16、1991年在烏克蘭發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)小女孩，她大部分時(shí)間與狗一起生活還是由狗撫養(yǎng)長(zhǎng)大的。

17. A dog had over 1 million delta airline miles in his life & had his own frequent flier card.
17、有一只狗一生的飛行里程達(dá)到了1百萬(wàn)英里，它還有自己的飛行常客卡。

18. The most aggressive breed of dogs = Dachshunds.
18、侵略性最強(qiáng)的犬類=臘腸犬。

19.If a guide dog judges that a command is unsafe, it will refuse the command. This is called "intelligent disobedience".
19、如果一個(gè)導(dǎo)盲犬認(rèn)為一項(xiàng)命令是不安全的，那它會(huì)拒絕執(zhí)行此項(xiàng)命令。這叫作“智能反抗力”。

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