For the Swarm! –The appearance of insectoid behavior in the naked mole-rat
For the Swarm! –How did insectoid behavior come about in the naked mole-rat First, a brief introduction on the naked mole-rat, Heterocephalus Glaber: Eusociality is a form of animal social behavior that involves a highly intricate caste system. The characteristics…
Abnormal Hedgehog!
A video documentary on National Geographic Channel showed that hedgehogs,Erinaceus europaeus, have a weird tendency to consume the most unbelievable toxic substances such as tobacco, paint etc. After that, hedgehogs will perform self-anointing to spread the poison all over their body…
Dung beetles: courtship behaviour and how the horny males differ
Onthophagus binodis, a specie of dung bettles, have dimorphic males: large males have horns while small males do not (Cook, 1990). The following information is obtained through an experiment involving 96 observations. During courtship, after initial physical contact between a…
Hey look, a dead snake!
If you happen to chance upon a snake lying with its stomach facing up, and blood spewed over it, you would probably think the snake is dead, right? Well, meet the Hognose snakes, or in particular, the Eastern Hognose Snake…
Let’s go DEEP: Dracusquid
With incredible instincts of survival, some species can see even hundreds of years of life. I was browsing through the web looking for videos of creatures to bewilder myself earlier today and I got just what I wanted (and much…
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