Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Strange Love: 10 Animals with Truly Weird Courtship Rituals

On Valentine's Day, lovers who are eager to woo their partners show their affection with traditional gifts of red roses, heart-shaped boxes of chocolates, or with romantic dinners at fancy restaurants. There's usually some effort involved, but pulling off a memorable Valentine's Day is easier — and generally safer — than some of the courtship rituals performed by other animal species.

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Saturday, February 4, 2017

Adorable Animals Pick Super Bowl Winners

Who is going to win Super Bowl 51? That's the question on everyone's mind as the big game approaches.  You could weigh each team's strengths and weaknesses, but why do that when you can rely on animal instinct. Literally.

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Thursday, January 19, 2017

Which Animals Use Tools?



Flash back to 1960. At that point in time the best definition of a human was a being with the ability to make tools. Man the tool-maker was considered to be different from animals in this regard. Dr. Jane Goodall was observing chimpanzees at Gombe National Park in Tanzania and saw two chimps strip the leaves off of small twigs and use them as tools to “fish” termites out of the ground to eat. This was the first time a non-human had ever been seen to create a tool and use it to accomplish a task.