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How to play with cats?
Play can be a great opportunity to strengthen the bond between you and your cat. Play is also very important for the well-being of cats, especially ones that never go outside. Even adult cats should play. But how?
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Do cats grieve the loss of an animal companion?
Losing a beloved pet is very painful for us, and there have been many studies of grief after the death of an animal companion in […]
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Illusory hole – perception of three-dimensionality in dogs
Recently researchers decided to study the perception of three-dimensionality in dogs by testing whether they will be fooled by a photo of a hole.
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Do cats use secret language when talking to their owner?
Cats communicate with each other mainly using their senses of smell and sight and only rarely using sounds. Humans on the other hand are a […]
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A guilty look doesn’t mean a dog’s guilty
“Look at him. He knows that he misbehaved and now he feels guilty.” Many dog owners think that they can recognise whether their pet disobeyed […]
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Do horses understand our intentions?
Imagine you are at a dinner party. You would like to add some salt to your dish but the shaker is out of reach. You […]
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Spinning apes
All species of great apes – humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans – engage in spinning. But they differ in the way they do it.
Read moreIs it a hare or a rabbit?
Rabbits and hares are closely related and, in many aspects, similar, but they also differ in a number of ways. For example: hares have longer […]
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What do we know about nose-picking in the animal kingdom?
We are not the only animals picking our noses and eating our own mucus. 12 species of primates have been observed engaging in these activities.
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