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Cunnilingus increases duration of sex in megabat species
The males of a species of megabat have been observed giving oral sex to females in a move that appears to prolong the duration of copulation, a study has shown.
How do elephants trumpet? At last, scientists figure it out.
Elephants' deepest calls can thunder up to 6 miles (10 kilometers) away.
Gorilla Youngsters Seen Dismantling Poachers' Traps—A First
"This is absolutely the first time that we've seen juveniles doing that ...
BBC Nature - Crows know familiar human voices
11 May 2012 Last updated at 12:16 By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC Nature
“They are using information about letters and the relation between letters to perform the task without any kind of linguistic training,” said Jonathan Grainger , a psychologist at the French Center for National Research and at Aix-Marseille University in France who was the study’s first author.
Baboons Appear to Recognize Words From Gibberish
6 March 2012 Last updated at 12:04 The brown bear scrubbed its face using a barnacle-covered rock
BBC Nature - Brown bear exfoliates using rock as a tool
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Science Can Neither Explain Nor Deny the Awesomeness of This Sledding Crow - Alexis Madrigal - Technology
Guest Post! It’s About Time: Delving Into Animals’ Memories | The Thoughtful Animal
Editor’s Note: Today’s post, coming appropriately after yesterday’s post on human intuitions about memory , comes from Felicity Muth who blogs at Not Bad Science , and tweets as @FelicityMuth . This post, while it can certainly stand alone, is meant to be read after reading Felicity’s contribution to The Guest Blog .
Can dogs pretend? This is the question I asked yesterday, prompted by Sheril’s story :
Animal Imagination: The Dog That Pretended to Feed a Frog (and Other Tales) | The Thoughtful Animal
You enter a room with two cages. One contains a friend, who is clearly distressed. The other contains a bar of chocolate, which clearly isn’t.
Empathic rats spring each other from jail | Not Exactly Rocket Science
Guest Post: the Nature of Octopuses
By Ed Yong | December 14, 2011 | 13 Comments There is an old story about a scorpion and a turtle.Dingo rearranges furniture for better dining - life - 22 December 2011
Video: Dingo moves table to snag treat A captive dingo has been caught on camera moving a table to use it as a step stool to reach a tasty morsel. It is a rare example of an animal solving a complex problem, though strictly speaking it is not true tool use.Zoologger: Cannibal shrimp shows its romantic side - life - 17 November 2011
Zoologger is our weekly column highlighting extraordinary animals – and occasionally other organisms – from around the worldVideo of the Week #19, November 30th, 2011 From: Land-Walking Octopus Explained by Katherine Harmon at Octopus Chronicles . Original source: Fitzgerald Marine Reserve