Category: Animal Behavior
3 Animals that Have Funerals to Grieve for the Dead
| April 11, 2012 | Posted by admin under Animal Behavior, Behavior |
If you have ever experienced the death of a loved one, then you understand the feeling of grief that falls over you when it happens. The moment when you first hear, and your brain takes a minute– or 20– or a month– or a year– to fully comprehend it. The moment when you realize that that person is gone forever. We aren’t the only ones: animals feel grief too. This notion… continue reading
Why Dogs Are Man’s Best Friend
| March 13, 2012 | Posted by admin under Animal Behavior, Behavior |
Anyone that has owned a dog understands just how different dogs are from other pets. But what exactly makes them so special to us? Why do we say a dog is a man’s best friend? Dogs Who Will Amaze You A dog’s loyalty is legendary. In 1924 Hidesaburo Ueno, a Japanese professor, adopted Hachiko, an Akita. Every day when the professor returned home on the train Hachiko would go… continue reading
Our Attraction to the Color Red- The Science of Sex
| March 12, 2012 | Posted by admin under Animal Behavior, Behavior, Human Behavior |
What could the Matrix and a baboon’s butt possibly have in common? …Besides the fact that you can watch both on t.v., obviously. If you haven’t gotten it by now, then here it is… Both have the color red. Both the woman and the baboon use this particular color for the same purpose– To find mates. And for good reason. Research shows men and women are more attractive when they… continue reading