Do you use your hands when you speak? I definitely do that, but even if you don’t, you do sometimes use gestures to communicate – […]
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Will your cat realise it if you teleport?
The answer is most likely “yes”. But you can’t be sure without checking for yourself. If you’re wondering how to do so without a teleportation […]
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On spiders catching snakes
There are many documented cases of spiders catching snakes. Some do it using their webs, some attack directly. Here is what we know about it.
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Social and family life of wild rabbits
Have you ever wondered how wild rabbits live?
I my opinion their lives are more interesting than the ones of their domesticated descendants.
Here is a little insight into it.
Naked mole-rats: unusual animals that could help us
Naked mole-rats might not be pretty but they are very interesting. They live underground in large colonies whose social structure resembles ant nests. In addition, […]
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Do chimpanzees use insects to treat their wounds?
It’s a quiet morning in the Gabonese rainforest. Only crickets are chirping and sometimes a bird calls. Suzee, her infant daughter, Sassandra, and an adolescent […]
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HOW and WHY to potty-train a cow?
Some years ago, I went with my students to a dairy farm. When we entered the building in which the cows were kept at that […]
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When evolution leads to simplification
It is undeniable that in the beginning life on earth was simple and that more complex (e.g. multicellular) organisms evolved from simpler (unicellular) ones. However, we should not forget that in the process of evolution simpler forms can also arise from more complex ones. Here are some examples of that.
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Did you know that birds also make and use tool sets?
Recently, for the first time, scientists reported the manufacture and use of tool sets in non-primates: birds – Goffin’s cockatoos.
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Animals learning tricks
In this anniversary post, instead of going more in-depth into one specific case, I decided to show you some examples of what animals can learn – how flexible animal learning (and cognition) can be.
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