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Category: Animal Behavior

Pet Food Junkies: Addictive Additives in Commercially Processed Pet Food

Pets are now seemingly addicted to their commercially processed pet food.  The stories are everywhere. And it is not just our imagination…

Addictive pet food, Secret additives in pet food can get your pet addicted

Sharks Use Natural GPS for Directions

Researchers now have some of the first solid evidence that sharks rely on magnetic fields for their long-distance forays across … More

Sharks use natural GPS to navigate their trips

Do Animals Laugh? Yes, say researchers

Scientists have uncovered considerable documentation suggesting that animals other than humans laugh. The researchers examined the existing scientific literature on … More

Animal Behavior, Animals laugh

Fear Triggers Aggressive Dog Behavior, say researchers

A new study studying 9,000 dogs has demonstrated that fearfulness, age, breed, the company of other members of the same species and the owner’s previous experience of dogs were associated with aggressive behavior towards humans.

Aggressive behavior in dogs caused by fear, Factors that trigger aggressive behavior in dogs

Ants respond like humans to social isolation

Ants react to social isolation in a similar way as do humans and other social mammals.

Socially-isolated ants behave like humans

Giraffe Girl Gangs? Yes. And they play an important role

Scientists discover that girl gang social units may be important to giraffe evolution and survival.

Giraffe girl gangs help survival

When Gorillas Beat their Chests, They Really Mean It

A team of international researchers have shown that chest beats reliably indicate the body size of the chest beater. Body size indicates competitive ability in gorillas. Therefore this information is likely to be crucial for rival males, as well as females in influencing mate choice.

Gorilla chest beating

Female monkeys use male monkeys as ‘hired guns’ to protect themselves

According to new research, female monkeys use males as ‘hired guns’ for defense against predators.  More specifically, the research team … More

Female monkeys maniulate male monkey behavior

Dogs and Jealousy

New research confirms dogs can–and do–express jealousy when their human family member interacts with rival dogs.

Dogs express jealousy

Sexual enticements to lure your prey out of hiding? Yes, say cone snails.

Cone snails aren’t glamorous. They don’t have svelte waistlines or jaw-dropping good looks. Yet, some of these worm-hunting gastropods are … More

cone worms lure their prey with sexual enticements

Mice Regularly Practice Social Distancing

For mice and many other animals, certain behaviors such as mating and fighting are innately programmed, meaning that the animals … More

Mice naturally practice social distancing around other sick mice

Who Really Loves NYC? Baby White Sharks!

New scientific research reveals that more than 90 percent of baby white sharks were positioned within 20 kilometers of Long Island’s southern shoreline, which further confirms the importance of this region to baby white sharks.

Baby white sharks loves New York City coasline

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