How you should meet people if you have a dog with you (video)
The video tells you how you meet people if you have a dog with you. The trainer forbids anybody to touch their dog unless that person has permission to do so. It is disrespectful...
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Woodpeckers don’t get their beaks stuck for this reason
Research has discovered why woodpeckers don’t get their beaks stuck in the tree that they are pecking when digging around for grubs or making a nest. They twist their heads once the beak has...
Octopuses ‘punch’ collaborating fish when hunting
A study led by Eduardo Sampaio, a researcher at the Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre in Lisbon, discovered that octopuses have a tendency to punch collaborating fish in a bullying manner when hunting and...
Canada’s red squirrels find that neighbourliness aids survival
A study carried out by researchers at the University of Exeter using twenty-two years of data on American squirrels in Yukon, Canada, found that when red squirrels live beside “familiar neighbours” it “boosts a...
Older chimpanzees have more high-quality mutual friendships than when they were younger
As is the case for humans, older chimpanzees have more mutual friendships of better quality than when they were younger. When they are young they are more eager to find friendships which can end...
Songbirds need to warm up, like an opera singer, before their dawn chorus
A study published in the journal Animal Behaviour has discovered that songbirds need to warm up – metaphorically speaking backstage just like opera singers – in preparation for their dawn chorus songs to attract...
Alaskan bears open car doors with their mouths or paws
Why do Alaskan bears open car doors with their mouths or paws? Well, it is said that bears have a sense of smell which is seven times better than that of a bloodhound, which...
Berlin fox is the mystery shoe thief
A skinny and rather fragile-looking fox living in Berlin has been unearthed as the mystery shoe thief who has stolen more than 100 shoes from gardens in a wealthy area of the city. One...
Mother cows kill humans when defending their calves
It is commonplace to read stories in the newspaper of mother cows defending their calves by attacking perceived intruders aggressively. They might be a couple of walkers who have wandered into the cows’ field...
Violent urban monkey killed a man and injured 10 others in India
There is a monkey problem in India. Humans have built settlements on their habitat so they invade the places where humans work and live. They intermingle with people in major cities like Delhi where...
Following an earthquake frightened Giant Panda hugs policeman
The picture says it all. Mammals are very similar to us both physiologically and mentally. Yes, there are big differences but the fundamentals are similar. We should regard them as equals – always, and...
Pet viper drinks water from a bottle held by owner
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An unintended consequence of widespread spaying and neutering of domestic cats
There is an unintended, potential consequence, in the long term, of near 100% spaying and neutering of domestic cats. What might happen is that over generations the only cats being born are those from...
Stray Female Cat Defends Her Kittens Against Men But Not Women
This interesting video shows a female stray cat, better described as a community cat, outside a market in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city. Her behaviour has been caught on the security camera attached to...
Some humans are sensitive to the Earth’s magnetic field – I’m one!
The likelihood that humans can detect the Earth’s magnetic field is a discovery of a new human sense. It is called magnetoreception. A study presents the hypothesis that some humans are sensitive to the...