This hungry cat sure knows what it wants. The furry feline not-so-patiently waits for food to come out of a dispenser, before pouncing ravenously on its emerging meal. “This automatic food dispenser was supposed to help alleviate some of the cat’s anxiety about meal time, but as you can see, it hasn’t exactly helped the …
This is fantastic. Pick out any interesting location around the world and click on it. A page will come up with a photo. In the center is a circle with a triangle. Click on the triangle. Now you get a full picture. If it’s not a full screen, click on the 4 dots in the …
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The latest research, published in the journal Animal Cognition, found that pet dogs may truly be man (or woman’s) best friend if a person is in distress. That distressed individual does not even have to be someone the dog knows. “I think there is good reason to suspect dogs would be more sensitive to human …
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Spreading the message that a dead bird is in the area helps safeguard other birds, alerting them to danger, and lowering their risk from whatever killed the original bird in the first place, the researchers say. Other animals are known to take notice of their dead. Giraffes and elephants, for example, have been recorded loitering …
A small new study shows that regardless of what religion you ascribe to, spirituality in general is linked with greater mental health. In particular, spirituality in the study was linked with decreased neuroticism and increased extraversion, researchers found. “With increased spirituality people reduce their sense of self and feel a greater sense of oneness and …
“This study is top-notch and shows clearly that our traditional ideas about intelligence no longer hold,” Hare says. “There are many different types of intelligence that vary independently of one another. This means there are many different types of genius, even in animals.” Herrmann admits that Natasha may have just happened to score highly in …
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