Mad dogs thoughts for the week

Here's a few interesting titbits we've picked up during the week. Mad dogs changes it's factoids and picture every week - so tune in next week for the latest thinking

• Walt Disney's family dog was named Lady. She was a poodle.


• A chicken can fly for more than 13 seconds at a stretch.


• In one square foot or forest space you will find more insects than you can find human beings in that much space in Manhattan.


• Parrots, most famous of all talking birds, rarely acquire a vocabulary of more than twenty words, however Tymhoney Greys and African Greys have been know to carry vocabularies in excess of 100 words.


• The peregrine falcon can spot its prey from more than 8 km away.


• Brainpower! A garden caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.


• Cojo, the 1st gorilla born in captivity, was born at the Columbus Zoo, in Ohio, in 1956 and weighed 3 1/4 pounds.


• A goat's eyes have got rectangular pupils.