The video caption states that this giraffe in a zoo wants to help a young gazelle by removing from his antlers a small branch on which there are leaves. If you look at the video closely you can see that the giraffe bends over to …
I recently wrote about male dolphins who remember other males who did not come to their aid when they needed it. They bore a grudge against these individuals to the point where they wouldn’t help them, indicating sophisticated behaviour. The same team of researchers also …
We know that octopuses are highly intelligent creatures and to that knowledge we can add a new discovery, namely that the eight tentacles of an octopus respond independently of the octopus’s brain and eyes to recoil from light as it signifies potential danger. In a …
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 of the dog and the owner/human companion, to touch a dog …
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 hit the tree and this separates the upper part of the …
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 they are not sure why. The octopus has the largest brain …
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 squirrel’s chances of survival and successful breeding”. The American red squirrel …
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 up being one-sided and of poorer quality. The reason for this …
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 mates and impress male competition. They need to practice and warm …
