An article in the Herald-Review.com took a poll asking if people thought there were more cats or dogs that are kept as pets. The answer was there are more cats - 88 million compared to 75 million dogs.
A second question asked if there were more breeds of dogs or cats. There are more than 4 times as many dog breeds (170) as there are cat breeds (40).
They also asked which animal has a more acute sense of smell and hearing? Although the dog wins hands down with the most acute sense of smell (220 million olfactory cells, cats have 100 milion, humans have 5 million), cats kicked butt in the hearing sensitivity area with dogs hearing 5 times more acute than humans and cats twice as sensitive as dogs.
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