DID YOU KNOW THAT….DOGS

…dogs’ sense of smell is about 100 thousand times more sensitive than that of humans?

… the winner of the world’s ugliest dog contest in 2018 was an English dog called Zsa Zsa?

…. dogs can fall in love? Dogs also produce oxytocin, a hormone that makes them develop this type of feeling.

…dogs evolved from wolves? According to a study at the University of Stony Brook, in the United States, wolves became closer to humans about 20 to 40 thousand years ago when they were in search of leftover food. As they formed bonds, some were domesticated and evolved to become dogs.

…the biggest dog in the world ever was over one metre tall even when standing on four legs? Zeus was 1.118 metres tall and lived in the United States. He joined the Guinness Book in 2011 and died in 2014. The biggest dog alive at the moment is Freddy, a British dog that is eight centimetres shorter than Zeus.

…the smallest dog in the world is a chihuahua that is less than 10 centimetres tall? The female dog Boo Boo, from the United States, is smaller than a lot of rats.

Sources: BBC, IG pet channel, Estadão, Guinness Book, Terra, and Tudo Sobre Cachorros.

Questions

1) What can we correctly state according to the text?

a) Every dog was once a wolf.

b) Dogs are people’s best friends.

c) There are contests that award the best looking dogs.

d) The smallest dog in the world is smaller than some rats.

2) Are dogs your favourite pets? Explain your answer.

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