It is difficult to catch Asian elephants responding to deaths of herd members in the wild, but online videos helped researchers observe the behavior.
Tag: Animal Behavior
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What Your Dog’s Behavior Means
Dogs are “really good at reading our emotions,” says one expert. But we’re not so good at reading theirs.
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‘Mouth Almighty’ Doesn’t Mind When His Cheeks Are Full of Another Fish’s Babies
A study of Australian fish that care for offspring through mouthbrooding shows that things underwater are not always as monogamous as they seem.
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An Anaconda’s Play Date With Dolphins Took a Strange Turn
Why were Bolivian river dolphins swimming around with a large predatory snake in their mouths? “There are so many questions,” one researcher said.
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They’re All Good Dogs, and It Has Nothing to Do With Their Breed
Retrievers that don’t retrieve and Papillons that point are all possible because the genes that shape dog behavior predate modern breeding that focuses on appearance, researchers find.