45 Mind-Blowing Trivia Bits About Pets You Probably Didn’t Know

As this fact makes clear, dogs can be incredibly prolific breeders. In only six years, a pair of male and female dogs and their offspring can birth a total of 66,000 dogs or more. Much of that is due to dogs’ relatively short gestation period, which is only about 58 to 68 days.

As we know, humans take about nine months to develop a new baby fully. That means that it takes us about four times longer than dogs to meet our offspring. Now that you know that, are you so surprised that there are so many puppies up for adoption all the time?