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Some facts about megalodon

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on January 11, 2021 by MikeBJanuary 11, 2021
Megalodon jaws

Here are some facts about megalodon. This is an ancient shark, also called ‘megatooth’. They gave birth to babies larger than most adult humans. The babies grow by feeding on unhatched eggs in the womb. A recent study has discovered … Continue reading →

Posted in Marine wildlife | Tagged history, marine wildlife, study | Leave a reply

3 facts about ‘geldings’

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on January 4, 2021 by MikeBJanuary 4, 2021
Gelding

Here are 3 facts about geldings; the word ‘gelding’ and the derivative ‘gelded’. Meaning The word “gelding” refers to a colt (a weaned male horse until he is four years old) who has been castrated i.e. neutered. When a colt … Continue reading →

Posted in Horses | Tagged history, horses, words

Humans ate all the great auk eggs

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on January 1, 2021 by MikeBJanuary 1, 2021
Last great auk

The great auk was persecuted to extinction by humankind many years ago. Excessive hunting was the main cause and it is said that the last great auk living on the British Isles was stoned to death. The bird became extinct … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds | Tagged birds, conservation, extinction, history, marine wildlife

Hag-ridden horses and people

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on December 24, 2020 by MikeBDecember 24, 2020
Hag-ridden

This is a very old saying based on superstition and it appears that the phrase “hag-ridden” applies to both people and horses. A hag-ridden person is one afflicted by nightmares or anxieties. A typical sentence might read, “He was hag-ridden … Continue reading →

Posted in Horses | Tagged history, horses, human behavior, sayings, superstition | Leave a reply

Why do we call a bad dream a nightmare?

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on December 20, 2020 by MikeBDecember 20, 2020
The mare from the word nightmare

A Swiss artist, Henry Fuseli (7 February 1741 – 17 April 1825) is the person who introduced a female horse, a mare, into the description of a bad dream which is called a “nightmare”. We don’t know why Fuseli introduced … Continue reading →

Posted in history | Tagged history, horses | Leave a reply

When were dogs first domesticated?

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on December 5, 2020 by MikeBDecember 14, 2020

The best scientists in the world don’t know for sure when dogs were first domesticated (or where). I think the question is incorrectly formulated. It should be when were gray wolves first domesticated? But I’m being pedantic. The bigger issue … Continue reading →

Posted in history | Tagged dog history, history, wolf, wolves, working dogs

Theory on why dinosaurs developed long necks

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 18, 2020 by MikeBNovember 18, 2020
Sauropods of Gondwana

Scientists have come to a neat theory as to why some of the best-known dinosaurs evolved into having such enormously long necks. And when you think about it, it makes sense. Over millions of years they developed long necks to … Continue reading →

Posted in Evolution | Tagged dinorsaurs, evolution, history, plants, trees

Kerr Sharpe-Young of Blistered Fingers finds 3 million-year-old seal fossil

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 12, 2020 by MikeBNovember 12, 2020
Kerr Sharpe-Young

The rock musician, Kerr Sharpe-Young, 28, of Blistered Fingers has discovered a 3 million-year-old seal fossil in a large boulder while exploring a beach in New Zealand in 2018. He said the large boulder caught his eye before discovering the … Continue reading →

Posted in Marine wildlife | Tagged history, marine wildlife, science

Reason why animals today are much smaller than in the days of dinosaurs

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 7, 2020 by MikeBNovember 7, 2020
Dinosaur

I will very briefly tell you why animals today are much smaller than they were in the days of dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are reptiles i.e. cold-blooded. They rely on the ambient temperature to warm themselves up. This is why they live … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged history

Sociable mammals existed almost 76 million years ago

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 3, 2020 by MikeBNovember 3, 2020
Filikomys primaevus

Background Scientists had once thought that sociable mammals only came into being after the dinosaurs became extinct about 66 million years ago. They also thought that sociability occurred mostly in the Placentalia of which humans are part. These mammals carried … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged history, mammals, science, sociable, study

Spitz-type dogs were bred for wool

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 2, 2020 by MikeBNovember 2, 2020
American Eskimo dog - a spitz-type dog

The primary reason for the existence of dogs and cats nowadays is that they are companions to humans. They entertain us, make us happier and more relaxed. However, Rhys Blakely, The Times’ science correspondence writes today that there was a … Continue reading →

Posted in working dogs | Tagged dog history, history, North America, working animals, working dogs

Origin of American Indian horses

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 26, 2020 by MikeBOctober 26, 2020
Native American Indians on horseback

The origin of the American Indian horses are horses brought over by “Spanish intruders” from Europe to the New World. Columbus took 30 horses to America in 1492 and Cortés took 16, and arrived in February 1519. They gave rise … Continue reading →

Posted in Horses | Tagged america, history, horses

Wealthy Romans in Egypt imported monkeys from India to keep as pets

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on September 1, 2020 by MikeBSeptember 1, 2020
Pet monkey kept by affluent Roman Egyptians

EGYPT – RED SEA COAST – 100-200 BC: The remains of pet monkeys, “sleeping like children”, have been uncovered in an ancient seaport of Egypt on the west coast of the Red Sea founded by Plotemy II in 275 BC. … Continue reading →

Posted in Apes | Tagged apes, exotic pets, history, Primates

Plaster cast of a dog at Pompeii

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on August 24, 2020 by MikeBSeptember 19, 2020
Plaster cast of Pompeii dog

This is a picture of a plaster cast of a dog at Pompeii. It is the right time to show it on this website. In A.D. 79, on this day, Mount Vesuvius erupted and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum. It was … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs | Tagged disasters, dog, dog history, history

Woolly rhino died out because it was too hot and wet

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on August 14, 2020 by MikeBAugust 14, 2020
Woolly rhino

There was a big questionmark hanging over the extinction of the woolly rhino which it is believed died out about 14,000 years ago. That time was about 15,000 years after humans first saw them. Researchers, using mitochondrial DNA sequencing thanks … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged conservation, extinction, history, rhino, science, study

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