Male Power Over Females Is Not the Default Social Dynamic in Primates ( news.utexas.edu )
African elephants call each other by unique names, new study shows ( www.ctvnews.ca )
Parrots love playing tablet games. That’s helping researchers understand them. ( news.northeastern.edu )
Mouse filmed tidying up man's shed every night ( www.bbc.co.uk )
Juvenile great apes love to tease and annoy their elders, study finds ( www.theguardian.com )
Dogs may wag their tails so much due to rhythm-loving humans, scientists say ( www.theguardian.com )
Why woodpeckers don’t get concussions ( pubs.aip.org )
Crows “count” the number of self-generated vocalizations ( www.science.org )
Physically impaired primates find ways to modify their behaviors to compensate for disabilities, find researchers ( phys.org )
Dog 'Language Geniuses' Are Rare but Apparently Real ( www.scientificamerican.com )
Ibis add toxic cane toads to the menu with clever technique to eliminate poison first ( www.abc.net.au )
Artist trained rats to take selfies to make a point about social media ( www.cbc.ca )
Wild elephants may have names that other elephants use to call them ( www.npr.org )
Orcas aren’t attacking boats — they’re just playful teens, scientists say ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Do Cats Experience FOMO? ( www.scientificamerican.com )
Wild Carrion Crows (Corvus corone) Autonomously Respond to Speech but Show No Difference in Their Response to a Local and a Foreign Language — Animal Behavior and Cognition ( www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org )
When frogs can’t croak to get a mate, they dance ( www.science.org )
So I'm getting a cat.
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