About the ears of dogs and cats, on the one hand they are the source of their hearing, on the other hand they are also an important outlet for expressing emotions, and sometimes they are very interesting

A few more interesting things about their ears:

A dog’s ears have 18 muscles

A dog’s ears can be made into various shapes because more than 18 different muscles can be used.

This does not refer to how many muscles there are, but how many are used to move the ears.

Cats have 12 muscles,

As for humans, very few people who can move their ears have an ear-moving muscle.

A bloodhound named Tiger holds the Guinness World Record for the longest ears on a dog, measuring 13.5" and 13.75" (approximately 35 centimeters).

Dogs and cats use their ears to express their emotions

Their ears can express different emotions such as alert, relaxed, friendly, submissive or fearful.

Dogs tilt their heads to hear sounds

Scientists believe that dogs tilt their heads to better understand sounds.

Dogs can hear more than humans

The human hearing range is roughly 20 Hz to 20 kilohertz, including lower frequencies than dogs can hear. Dogs' listening frequencies range from about 64 Hz to a higher frequency of 44 kilohertz.

Erect ears, lop ears, semi-lop ears. . There are many different types of dog ears.

The picture below shows 9 common types

Puppies are born deaf

A dog's hearing begins to develop about a week after birth.