Our physical attributes help us to predict the actions of others and therefore often affects our perception of what is going on and what might happen A study with monkeys, two species of which had opposable thumbs while the third didn’t, indicated to the researchers …
I will let the infographic do the talking, er make some noise, bang the drum…. Below are some pages on horses:
We see cranes in shallow water sleeping for hours on one leg. And birds roost in dense trees where they hike up one leg, turn their head into their feathers and fall asleep on a twig. How do they avoid falling over? Have you tried …
Unlike domestic cats, domestic dogs have a face-full of fast twitch muscles which enable them to have expressive faces and rapid barks. Their bark is entirely different to that of their wild ancestor the wolf. Wolf bark compared to the domestic dog bark And it …
Yes, according to 6 sources. One excellent source says that donkeys like their ears to be rubbed provided (1) they trust you and (2) you rub their ears gently. Donkeys enjoy having their ears rubbed. They enjoy being petted generally but it should be done …
The beautiful owl is back in the news. People are fascinated by this wonderful bird’s ability to fly so silently; a silent beast gliding through the woods. Noise has become an issue to people in general, I believe, because people are more sensitive about the …
On PoC I have some carefully prepared and useful images which shows us, in my opinion, how cats see the world compared to humans. You might find that page interesting – Cat Vision Pictorial Examples. On this page, I am comparing the eyesight of dogs …
The teeth are remarkably like a human’s. This fish was apparently spotted by some beachgoers in the Outer Banks in North Carolina. The picture is published on Jeannette’s Pier via Facebook entitled “Fish with terrifying teeth”. As you might expect the fish is named after …
Although sea slugs are uncharismatic – that’s for sure – they have a monumental trick up their sleeve: they are able to voluntarily decapitate themselves and regrow a new body onto their severed head. To put it another way, they remove their body from their …
