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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @kurszusz 25 Mar \ on: Dog Breed Of The Day - Dachshund Animal_World
3 interesting things about Dachshund:
- Bred to hunt badgers - The dachshund, originally called dachshund, actually means badger dog in German.
- The Dachshund Was the First Olympic Mascot - The official mascot of the 1972 Munich Olympics was a colorful dachshund named Waldi. This was the first time the Olympics had a mascot. Olympic officials actually designed the marathon course in the shape of a dachshund.
- Nazis claimed to have taught a dachshund to talk The Germans believed that dogs were almost as intelligent as humans, so they created a special program called Hundesprechschule Asra to exploit this potential.