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WE’RE ALL PART OF THE PACK. There are hundreds of millions of cats and dogs on the planet. They have been part of human communities around the world for thousands of years.
PACK PACTOver the centuries, we’ve established a DEAL
with cats and dogs. If we’re good caretakers to them, they will give us so much in return!
NOSE KNOWSBODY TALKCats and dogs don’t just communicate with
meows and barks. They use their whole bodies.
WORKING together
Humans have partnered with these
four-legged coworkers in many ways.
CATS BY THE NUMBERS
JUST A FEW OF THE THINGS WE WOULD MISS
How do you think life would be different without cats and dogs?
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CATS, DOGS & USCATS, DOGS & US
Number of muscles cats use to control
the outer ear (humans have 6)
Distance a cat can leap (that’s like a
human leaping the length of a bus)
ITS BODY LENGTH
DOGS CATS
Love times
A dog’s sense of smell is
more powerful than ours.
One sniff can tell a dog almost all she needs to know about another dog:
• Boy or girl dog
• Age
• Mood
• Health
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DOGS CATS
Sense of Community
Laughter
FUN!Help
Protection
Protect crops
Hunt rodents
Provide friendship
Serve
Herd livestock
Rescue humans
FOOD AND WATER
HOME
FRIENDSHIPPLAYTIME
VET CARELOYALTY
LAUGHTER
COMPANIONSHIP
WORK
HELP
Let’s play!
Back off!
I’m nervous.
I like you.
Let’s play!
Back off!
I’m nervous.
I like you.
TOP SPEEDSHow fast can cats and dogs run compared to us?
Don’t blink or you’ll miss them!
ABOUT ABOUT ABOUT
MPH56 KPH
MPH50 KPH
MPH45 KPH
OUR SHARED HISTORYThese extraordinary animals have been with us for a long time.
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12,000 – 15,000 YEARS AGOHungry wolves
approach human habitats and become
domesticated over time.
ABOUT 2,000 YEARS AGO
Dogs first appear in literature in Marcus
Terentius Varro’s De Re Rustica.
AROUND1918
First guide-dog training schools
are established in Germany.
AROUND 20 MILLION YEARS AGO
First members of the modern cat family appear.
AROUND 6,000 YEARS AGO
Wildcats approach Egyptian farms—with their large
rodent populations—and domestication there begins.
1981Cats, one of the most successful
musicals of all time, hits the stage.
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