This is the place where we will store for posterity all the facts, figures and unusual tales about pets which appear regularly on our PeTrivia Page.

The first dog show held in Australia was at Mr Moore's Horse Bazaar in Liverpool Street, Hobart, Tasmania on 12th November 1862.

A Cockatoo called "Cocky" is alleged to be one of the longest living of his species, although his true age was never authenticated. He was claimed to be over 120 years old when he died in 1916. He was owned by the licensee of the Sea Breeze Hotel at Tom Ugly's Point, New South Wales.

The cat's ear contains almost thirty muscles, whereas the human ear scarcely has half a dozen

The oldest goldfish on record is 'Freda' who died in Sussex, England aged 41 years.

The eight heaviest breeds of dog are:

St Bernard
English Mastiff
Great Dane
Irish Wolfhound
Tibetan Mastiff
Newfoundland
Neopolitan Matiff
Anatolian Karabash

The largest member of the parrot family is the Hyacinth Macaw measuring up to 101 cm in length and weighing as much as 4 kgs.

Cats spend 18 hours out of every 24 sleeping.

Cats voices have various forms. Sixteen different patterns of sound have been detected, divided into three groups: conversational, calling sounds and sounds of excitement.

The greatest number of dogs ever owned by one person were 5000 mastiffs owned by Kubla Khan.

Most domestic dogs are capable of reaching speeds of 32 kms per hour when running flat out but the members of the greyhound family may reach speeds of up to 70 kms per hour.

It is common belief that cats are colour blind. However, recent research has shown that cats can see blue and green, and possibly red.

The canary was introduced into Europe from the Canary Islands, the Azores and Madeira by the Spanish in approximately 1495. Today the Canary is the second most popular cage-bird, after the budgerigar.

The slightest touch on a cat's whiskers will make its eyes blink.