Why did the meerkat cross the road?
In the natural environment, animals encounter numerous threats and have thus developed various behavioral responses (ETH Zürich, 2013). The Meerkat, Suricata suricatta, has similarly developed an interesting response to man-made dangers such as when crossing a road. In meerkat social…
Born with a ‘fishing bait’
Alligator snapping turtles, Macrochelys temminckii, are the largest freshwater turtle in North America where the average weight of a male is 80kg and the average length is 66cm. Spiked shell, beaklike jaws, as well as thick, scaled tail are distinctive features…
Brace yourselves everyone: The World’s First Sea Lion with Rhythm
A California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) has shaken up science by bobbing its head in time with music and it is the first mammal that is not capable of vocal mimicry, other than humans, that can keep a beat, according…
Sharing the love? – Nonrandom brood mixing and foster parenting in cichlid colony
Will you let a completely unrelated stranger take care of your child while you adopt someone else’s? Probably not. However, parental care of unrelated offspring has been reported in more than 120 mammal and 150 bird species!! (Riedman, 1982) Specifically,…
The Most Strategic Hunters of the Great Ocean
The Most Strategic Hunters of the Great Ocean Photograph by Gerard Lacz/Animals Animals—Earth Scenes “Killer Whale” is what people and media call them. However, this mammals is actually are the largest dolphins kind with the scientific name is “Orcinus orca“….
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