Why cats behave the way they do around catnips
“Cat getting high from catnip,” by Aaron Rift. YouTube, 20 April 2009. URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvsFJQt8MIM (accessed on 4 Apr 2013) The above video shows how a cat react after being exposed to a toy sprayed with catnip. The reactions shown…
Taming the Wild
In the world today, there is a growing trend of holding wild animal captives and depositing them in domesticated environments such as the zoos and safaris for the viewing pleasure of the general public. The adverse change from the wild…
Too much sex exhausts the promiscuous dumpling squid
The dumpling squid, also known as Euprymna tasmanica, are known for their promiscuous mating behavior – mating with as many partners as possible. These short-lived cephalopods can spend up to 3 hours copulating, when the males and females would appear to…
I’m, mi-mi-mistaken…
The above title, in my opinion truly encapsulates the complexity of the animal kingdom in which the behaviour and the relationships between animals are not as simple. Through the mimicry of the weaver ants, it aims to express such complicated…
Aye-Aye captain! We’re off to Madagascar!
The Aye-Aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is a type of primate found to be native in the dense jungles of the island of Madagascar. Picture taken from: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/aye-aye/ These brown or black hairy mammals are characterized by their big eyes and ears…
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